Weekly Round Up: Cold or Allergy, Awareness Campaign, Holiday World…

By Heather Legg | May 19, 2008

Cold Or Allergy? Symptoms Will Be All Over Face (source)
A few distinguishing factors between a cold and allergies.

Patricia Blagojevich Launches Food Allergy Awareness Campaign (source)
Illinois first lady Patricia Blagojevich today launched the state’s Food Allergy Awareness Week including a statewide education campaign.

Allergy-free Food at Holiday World (source)
Holiday World & Splashin’ Safari in Santa Claus, Indiana announces in observance of Food Allergy Week that several of its restaurants this season are offering a menu of pre-packaged foods which do not contain the eight most common food allergens — wheat, fish, shellfish, tree nuts, peanuts, milk, soy and eggs.

FAAN Unveils Five Steps Forward For Food Allergy (source)
In honor of the 11th annual Food Allergy Awareness Week, this week, FAAN unveiled its new advocacy initiative “Five Steps Forward for Food Allergy” at an educational briefing on Capitol Hill.

Fighting Allergies, Naturally (source)
Alternative treatments to allergies discussed, including sublingual immunotherapy, supplements and acupuncture.

Rough Transition to a New Asthma Inhaler (source)
Due to a federal mandate, all inhaler users will have to switch to CFC free inhalers by the end of the year, despite the many differences, not all of them desirable.

Preventing Allergies in High Risk Children (source)
Congratulations to the new baby and mom! She blogs on some things to do to possibly prevent allergies in a high allergy risk baby.

Simple Steps to a Healthier Allergy-Free Home
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Practical tips for a healthier home; some you may already know, there may be some new ones, too.

Allergic Beekeeper Starts Treatment (source)
A beekeeper with a bee allergy begins treatment after life threatening reaction so he can continue his hobby.

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