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Allergies All Around
By Heather Legg | Mar 6, 2009 | No Comments »
Sometimes I begin to think what will I write about, and then suddenly, some thing allergy related pops up. Here is my week in review… Continue reading…
Time Magazine’s “Why We’re Going Nuts over Nut Allergies” Article
By Heather Legg | Mar 5, 2009 | No Comments »
You can find an in depth article on Time’s website covering lots of the current concerns regarding allergies. Food allergies, that is, and as the article says, these are the ones that are getting the attention these days, “So forget pet dander and pollen. “In this day and age, allergy in pediatrics is all about food, food, food,” says Dr. Allen Lapey, a pediatrician at Massachusetts General Hospital. Each year, 30,000 people in the U.S. are rushed to the emergency room suffering from an allergic reaction to food.” But the acutal number of deaths from food allergies, is relatively small, about 15 - 20 a year in the U.S. More people die from beestings. Continue reading…
Allergies are Here Already!
By Heather Legg | Mar 2, 2009 | No Comments »
In the south, they’re saying snow this weekend. Somehow I’m not buying it, considering I was out on the tennis courts in short sleeves yesterday. Everyone is loving the warmer air, the flowers beginning to bloom and the promise that Spring is near. Everyone, that is, without allergies. Continue reading…
Allergens Are Everywhere, Aren’t They?
By Heather Legg | Feb 27, 2009 | No Comments »
Last week I finished up a big committee event that I had chaired at my children’s school. It had taken a lot of planning and help form others, volunteering time, talents, and food. We had asked parents to send in different snacks, including breakfast bars and granola bars for artists coming to our school to perform. We got tons of food, tons of granola and breakfast bars, so many we had lots of leftovers. Continue reading…
Cure for Peanut Allergies?
By Heather Legg | Feb 26, 2009 | No Comments »
According to an article on Healthknowitall.net, there could be a cure for peanut allergies on the horizon, check it out: Continue reading…
Illinois Teacher Banned from Wearing Allergy Mask
By Heather Legg | Feb 21, 2009 | No Comments »
A Joliet elementary school teacher who suffers from severe allergies is on leave this week as she battles school district officials who have barred her from wearing a respiratory mask on campus. Continue reading…
International Travel with Allergies
By Heather Legg | Feb 18, 2009 | No Comments »
We are planning a European trip within the next few months, and are extremely excited. My good friends have been there for a few months and we are excited to see them and have our own personal European tour. I’m not worried about time changes or transportation or currency exchange, all of that is part of the fun of international travel. The only thing that worries me, is, you guessed it, allergies. Continue reading…
Airline Peanuts; They’re Back
By Heather Legg | Feb 18, 2009 | No Comments »
Apparently with the acquisition of Northwest Airlines by Delta, there are some changes in the inflight snack service. Whereas Northwest was peanut free for years, the peanut snack is being reintroduced through Delta. Continue reading…
Pets and Allergies: Can you have Both?
By Heather Legg | Feb 16, 2009 | No Comments »
The other day, my husband and I were talking about The Brady Bunch ( our kids love watching it on TVLand and think every show from the 1960’s/70’s is The Brady Bunch). We reminisced on our favorite episodes, and besides the one with Davy Jones from the Monkees and the one where MArcia breaks her nose, the one with the allergies ranked high. Continue reading…
Food Allergy Tests Not Always Accurate
By Heather Legg | Feb 15, 2009 | No Comments »
We often wonder why some many children have food allergies. I’ve often had the conversation that “When I was in school, there weren’t this many allergies…” So why? There is the theory of our overly hygienic society, that mothers to be eat too many of certain foods causing allergies, that babies are given things too early, too late…Well what about over diagnosis? Continue reading…
