Does it ever feel like nature is out to get you? Trees can start pollinating as early as January, depending on where you live in the country, followed by grasses extending from spring through summer. And just as those begin dying down, weeds take the baton, making you...
One out of every 5 Americans has some type of allergy, but allergies often go undiagnosed because people don’t always connect their symptoms with the underlying allergic disease. Most everyone knows that allergies cause sneezing, sniffling, and itchy eyes, but...
Doctors used to say that kids couldn’t develop allergies until age 2. That, they believed, was when their immune systems became advanced enough to launch allergic reactions in response to triggers in the environment. We now know that this isn’t true and that even...
Both conventional and naturopathic medicine offer solutions for people looking to improve or maintain their wellness and prevent future health problems. While most people are familiar with the general idea of naturopathic medicine, they may not know exactly what it...
Family medicine is among the lowest-earning specialties for physicians. This has been attributed to lower reimbursement rates for primary medicine coupled with the high overhead costs of running a general practice that must meet many different needs. As a result,...
All you have to do is go to the grocery store and see all the gluten-free options on the shelves to know that fewer people can tolerate wheat and gluten. While the science behind this phenomenon is still being studied, here are a few theories that may help explain it:...
