August 26, 2007 — The natural and organic online retailer, Natural Home Products has introduced a range of organic pillows free of chemical additives and Antimony. Perfect for allergy sufferers, the pillows are filled with organic Cotton, Millet husks, organic Merino Lambs-wool, Spelt husks and natural Latex for a blissful night’s sleep.
“The new range of […]
One of the more common ailments this time of year is allergies. Just as people are adjusting to the plants of early summer, August brings changes in vegetation that cause a new wave of itchy, watery eyes, runny noses and head-rattling sneezes.
Many patients and many medical professionals focus their treatments on relieving the symptoms without […]
August 15, 2007–A Des Moines school is declaring itself a “peanut-free zone”, or at least the principal is asking students not to bring food with peanuts or tree-nuts to school. Peanut allergies seem more prevalent every year, and the Downtown School in Des Moines is the latest school or day-care to go “peanut-free.”
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The Food Allergy Association of Wisconsin (formerly known as the Madison Area Food Allergy Support Group) will sponsor a Food Allergy Awareness Walk on Saturday, Aug. 18, on the grounds of Door Creek Church, 6602 Dominion Drive.
Food allergies are a growing problem affecting more than 11 million Americans, according to the organization, and at least […]
Just ask 18-year-old Allegra Leland of Northvale, who won the Helen Hayes High School Theater Award this summer for her lead performance in the musical “Sweet Charity.”
She couldn’t have won the Helen — the secondary-school equivalent of the Tony — if her family hadn’t been preparing her for the role of the showgirl Charity all […]
July 23 (Bloomberg) — Merck & Co.’s second-quarter profit rose 12 percent on increased demand for the cervical-cancer vaccine Gardasil and other new drugs. The company raised its forecast, sending the shares up 6.8 percent, the most in three months.
Net income rose to $1.68 billion, or 77 cents a share, from $1.5 billion, or 69 […]
Lindsay Lohan allegedly amused herself in rehab by wandering around naked to shock male patients and staff.
The Mean Girls star - who recently spent 45 days in Malibu’s Promises Centre to be treated for alcoholism - was reportedly overheard bragging about her nude exploits at Allegra Versace’s birthday party.
A source told National Enquirer magazine: “Lindsay […]
A BABY from West Lothian is taking part in a national study to help discover why children develop an allergy to peanuts.
Seven-month-old eczema sufferer Cameron Brydon, from Livingston, has a 20 per cent chance of developing the allergy due to his condition.
Current advice states that families with a history of eczema or allergies should avoid […]
A new study suggests strong variation in the occurrence of anaphylaxis between the northern and southern U.S. Anaphylaxis is a severe allergic reaction that can be fatal without treatment with epinephrine. The striking north-south differences in EpiPen prescribing, a marker of anaphylaxis risk, currently are without explanation. The investigators hypothesize, however, that low levels of […]
When the body’s immune system overacts, we have what is called an allergy.
An allergy is not an infection. It manifests because of your own body’s immune response.
All our bodies are primed to defend against foreign substances invading it, such as bacteria, viruses etc. This is a natural protective mechanism.
Sometimes, we have […]