If you’re anything like I am, you enjoy certain aspects of winter but are happy when spring takes the baton. The sight of flowers bursting into rainbow blooms and foliage revitalizing tree branches can add a bounce to your step. But along with the beauty and color and...
As allergies increase, more kids are heading to school armed with epinephrine auto injectors. It’s their best defense against anaphylaxis—a potentially life-threatening allergic reaction. Anaphylaxis can affect both kids and adults and is becoming a bigger concern...
Have you had enough of seasonal allergy symptoms—the sniffling, sneezing and itchy eyes that make you want to go mad during spring or fall when trees, grass or weeds are pollinating? Or maybe you’re dealing with food allergies. You may sense that something in your...
You may have heard these terms used interchangeably: conventional medicine, allopathic medicine, and Western medicine. All of these terms refer to the treatment of symptoms and disease through options such as medication, surgery, and radiation. A shift in healthcare...
What you know is that when you eat bread or pasta, your body reacts negatively. What you don’t know is why. Are you gluten intolerant? Allergic to wheat? Or do you have full-blown celiac disease? Let’s start by discussing what exactly gluten is. Then, we’ll examine...
Eczema, also referred to as atopic dermatitis, is marked by chronic inflammation of the skin. It manifests as raised, red skin patches that can be maddeningly itchy. The skin may appear thickened or scaly. In some cases, it may crack, ooze, and crust over. These...
