Avoid Summer Allergies
For those who suffer from outdoor allergies, a walk in the woods may not sound very relaxing. Planning and taking precautions now can help keep you active this summer. Here are some tips from the American Academy of Allergy Asthma & Immunology: - Don't go out in the early morning and late afternoon, which are peak pollen times. - Keep the windows shut in your home and car to keep out the pollen.
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Air Conditioners and Allergies
The summer heat is on, but we're still suffering terribly from our allergies. And so a lot of us are spending time indoors to escape the heat and the pollen. But are we jumping from the allergy frying pan into the fire? You might be if your air conditioner isn't clean! It’s amazing at how some of the simplest things can cause the biggest problems. But fortunately, the simple things are simple to fix. So if you'’re suffering from terrible allergies, and you haven’t cleaned your air conditioning filter lately, the answer to your health problems might be quite an easy one: clean the filter!
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Children and Food Allergies
Children’s food allergies can cause parents immense amounts of anxiety. Lisa Cronin’s 7 year old daughter Samantha first developed a food allergy when she was only one month old. Lisa was nursing and supplementing with dairy based formula. “I noticed that she was developing some eczema. At that time I was unfamiliar with any type of children’s food allergy.” As an infant, Samantha suffered for months with eczema, but at 7 months her pediatrician suggested soy milk. It did the trick and the eczema cleared up. But, just a few months later, Lisa discovered that Samantha was allergic to milk. “I had given her a piece of cereal dipped in my skim milk and she got a little bit of red and little bumps that looked like small hives,” says Lisa.
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Halloween Food Safety
It's Halloween this weekend, and parents need to take extreme care with Halloween food safety. Specifically, parents of children with food allergies need to take extra caution. Halloween food safety is a particularly important consideration for parents of children with allergies. Lurking inside that harmless looking cupcake or chocolate bar could be ingredients harmful to people with allergies.
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Child Pneumonia Vaccine
How safe is a popular pediatric vaccine? New research shows that the side effects of Prevnar, a vaccine which attacks a common bacterium, may be reason for concern.
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