The third time is said to be the charm. But it’s doubtful the allergy sufferers in Knoxville find it charming that for a third consecutive year their East Tennessee city has earned the No. 1 spot on the list of the worst places to live with spring allergies.
Knoxville natives have had plenty to sneeze at…
Archive for the ‘Allergy’ Category
Worst Cities for Spring Allergies in 2012
Wednesday, March 28th, 2012
Spring Allergies Strike Early This Year
Tuesday, March 20th, 2012
Got a stuffy nose, sore throat, watery eyes, or throbbing head? In February, those symptoms are usually caused by a cold or the flu, but this year, the culprit could be allergies.
Thanks to a mild winter, spring allergy season got started nearly a month early in many parts of the U.S., and experts say that…
Is It A Peanut Or A Tree Nut? Half Of Those With Allergies Aren’t Sure
Tuesday, March 20th, 2012
Adults and children in a recent study could correctly identify, on average, fewer than half of an assortment of the peanuts and tree nuts that are among the most common food allergens in the United States.
Parents of children with peanut and tree-nut allergies did no better at identifying the samples in the survey than did…
Fish makes infants less vulnerable to allergies
Tuesday, March 20th, 2012
According to a study published in Acta Paediatrica, feeding fish to infants under the age of nine months lowers their chances of developing preschool wheeze and asthma. At the same time, treatments based on broad spectrum antibiotics increase the risk of wheezing, asthma and allergic reactions. The large scale research was conducted by a team…
Peanut Allergies, Breakthrough Could Improve Diagnoses
Friday, March 9th, 2012
This product may contain nuts.” It’s an increasingly common warning on food labels of all kinds, given the recent heightened awareness of the dangers of nut allergies. Roughly three million Americans suffer from peanut allergies; yet current diagnostic methods don’t detect every case. New findings by University of Virginia scientists, however, may allow for the…
Spring Allergies Strike Early This Year
Friday, March 9th, 2012
Got a stuffy nose, sore throat, watery eyes, or throbbing head? In February, those symptoms are usually caused by a cold or the flu, but this year, the culprit could be allergies.
Thanks to a mild winter, spring allergy season got started nearly a month early in many parts of the U.S., and experts say that…
Dirt Prevents Allergy, Danish Research Suggests
Friday, March 9th, 2012
Oversensitivity diseases, or allergies, now affect 25 per cent of the population of Denmark. The figure has been on the increase in recent decades and now researchers at the Dansk BørneAstma Center [COPSAC, Copenhagen Prospective Studies on Asthma in Childhood], University of Copenhagen, are at last able to partly explain the reasons.
A variety of bacteria…
Will Moving Help My Child’s Allergies?
Friday, March 9th, 2012
Q: Every spring my child’s allergies drive her crazy. We know it’s a drastic step, but should we consider moving?
A: Lots of people are tempted to move from one U.S. region to another to find some relief from their allergies. Many think desert climes are the solution, reasoning that areas with less vegetation won’t trigger…
Spring Allergies Strike Early This Year
Friday, March 2nd, 2012
Got a stuffy nose, sore throat, watery eyes, or throbbing head? In February, those symptoms are usually caused by a cold or the flu, but this year, the culprit could be allergies.
Thanks to a mild winter, spring allergy season got started nearly a month early in many parts of the U.S., and experts say that…
Picky eater children more prone to allergies due to food repetition, suggest studies
Friday, March 2nd, 2012
The World Health Organization (WHO) and various other so-called health authorities suggest that mothers breastfeed their babies for up to six months and avoid feeding them certain “high-risk” foods in order to prevent allergies. But several new studies suggest that withholding a diversity of foods from children, as well as allowing them to be picky…
