At least 20 percent of Americans have some type of allergy, and many would benefit from allergy immunotherapy. If you are a primary care physician, you have most likely tried treating your allergic and asthmatic patients with antihistamines, steroids, and other...
If you have been sniffling and sneezing with the onset of spring or dealing with a sore throat or itchy eyes, tree allergies may have gotten to you. Trees start blooming as early as February in many parts of the country and may keep up their mischief well into May....
Eating should be fun—not perilous. And yet, for people with food allergies, eating can lead to a whole host of uncomfortable symptoms, some of which are life threatening. Most food allergy sufferers spend mealtimes dodging potentially hazardous foods, but there’s a...
Twenty percent of Americans have allergies. If you’re a primary care physician, that means that roughly one in five of your patients experiences allergy symptoms and may benefit from allergy immunotherapy treatment. A first line of defense against allergies is...
Nuts are one of the most common food allergy triggers. Unlike many other food allergies, people don’t usually outgrow them. Rather, nut allergies tend to hang around for life. Nut allergies can also be very severe, often leading to rapid-onset, life-threatening...
When Benjamin Barber was a baby, his mom knew something was wrong. He would turn away from his milk bottle, letting the liquid run down his face. He remained unenthused about food as he grew, refusing to eat and falling far behind the growth curve. When he did eat, he...
