Singulair Connected to Suicide
By Heather Legg | Mar 23, 2008 | No Comments »
Right now the allergy headlines are full of spring allergies, hay fever and sneezing. So it’s a bit of a shock to see suicide connected with allergies. However, experts and the FDA are now investigating the connection of suicide and the allergy/asthma medication, Singulair. Continue reading…
Good News for Allergy Sufferers and Their Contact Lenses
By Heather Legg | Mar 5, 2008 | No Comments »
For many people, spring is the worst time of the year for allergic rhinitis and it hits hard in the nose, the eyes, the head and more. For those of you that wear contact lenses on top of dealing with allergies, it can be challenging. Eye allergies are just as uncomfortable as any other part affected by allergies and by adding contacts which can often provide their own discomfort, it makes it even more uncomfortable. Continue reading…
News Round Up: Experts Change Advice Again, Asthma & Allergies Bad Combination…
By Staff | Jan 13, 2008 | No Comments »
Experts Change Advice on Kids’ Allergies
Experts are changing advice again on the best ways to prevent allergies in children during pregnancy or as infants. Now they are saying the only thing known to help is to breastfeed. Avoiding certain foods during pregnancy or in early years has no real indicators of lessening allergies later in life. As with so many other aspects of the medical field, the most consistent thing about the advice we get is that it will probably change at some time! Continue reading…
Meredith Broussard Stirs up the Allergy Community
By Staff | Jan 10, 2008 | No Comments »
It seems the allergy world is in an uproar after an interview on NPR and an article written by Meredith Broussard published in Harper’s Magazine. She discusses the rise of food allergies and the impact it has on so many aspects, but what has caused such a stir in the food allergy community is that she claims food allergies are not as severe as the media hype and over reactions make them out to be. Continue reading…
News Round Up: Anaphylaxis Research Improvement, Winter Allergies are Kicking In…
By Staff | Jan 7, 2008 | No Comments »
Researchers Identify Possible Target to Stop, Block Allergy-induced Anaphylaxis
A new Canadian study published in the New England Journal of Medicine identifies an enzyme found in the blood that seems to decrease the severity of allergic reactions. This opens the possibility of developing drugs to protect against life-threatening allergies to foods or reactions triggered by certain drugs or insect stings. This knowledge can also be used to detect people who have more susceptibility to anaphylaxis. Though development may take years to complete, this is an exciting breakthrough for the fight against allergies. Continue reading…
News Round Up: Decluttering Helps with Allergies, and FAAN Spokesperson to be on “The Celebrity Apprentice”…
By Staff | Dec 29, 2007 | No Comments »
Declutter Your Home, Reinvigorate Your Mind
Decluttering not only frees up space in your mind and clears your mind, but also can help with allergies. By clearing out old clothes, pillows, and stuffed animals, you can help eliminate dust mites. The less clutter you have, the easier it is to keep your house cleaner. This article lists some good decluttering strategies. Continue reading…
Current Food Recalls
By Staff | Dec 26, 2007 | No Comments »
About a week or two I gave you two websites where you can find food recalls due to allergies. The foods are usually recalled due to undeclared allergens (milk, eggs, nuts, peanuts…). Sometimes the wrong label is adhered to the product; sometimes the traces announcement is not included. With lots of foods being given as gifts, I wanted to give you a list of the most recent recalls over the past couple of weeks.
Continue to check your labels and check the recall sites, but here are the most current: Continue reading…
News Round Up: Secondhand Smoking Boosts allergy Risk, Asthma Persists In Most Children…
By Staff | Dec 23, 2007 | No Comments »
Parents’ Smoking Boosts Child’s Allergy Risk
Swedish researchers have shown that children exposed to secondhand smoke during early infancy were almost twice as children of nonsmokers likely to be allergic to inhaled allergens, such as pet dander, and about 50 percent more likely to have food allergies. The study also shows that inhaling secondhand smoke during infancy and early childhood has more effect on allergies than the mother smoking while pregnant. Now we know it’s not enough to stop smoking during pregnancy, but parents shouldn’t smoke around their children at all. Continue reading…
News Round Up: Nighttime Coughing Taken Seriously, Parents Complain About Lack of School’s Allergy Checks…
By Staff | Dec 15, 2007 | No Comments »
Milk and Egg Allergies Harder to Outgrow
New research from the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center shows that egg and milk allergies are harder to outgrow than once thought. The trend used to be that these allergies were outgrown at an early age, but now they are persisting well into school years. This study arises a lot of questions…Why are there more severe allergies now? Why are they not being outgrown as they were once were? Why are they more prevalent today? Are they more dangerous? Continue reading…
News Round Up: Epinephrine Doses for Anaphylaxis, Exposure to Peanuts at Young Age, Battling Allergies with Food…
By Staff | Dec 9, 2007 | No Comments »
Two Epinephrine Doses May Be Needed for Anaphylaxis
A study shows that a significant number of patients studied needed two doses of epinephrine for anaphylaxis with a food allergy. Patients seen in the emergency room over the course of a year were studied and 16% required the two doses. Though this was a small study, it breaks the ground for further research. It also shows that it may be a good idea for food allergic individuals to carry two Epipens instead of one. Continue reading…
