Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Image# 4786023Kudos and congratulations to Dr Franco Falcone and his colleagues of the University of Nottingham's School of Pharmacy, for their work on new basophil-...
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Image# 5646891In case you missed it, I would like to highlight a comment left by Dr. Aubrey Ewing on my previous entry on the use of biofeedback machines in the diagnosi...
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Trent ChambersIt was at a party where I first heard of a new method of diagnosing allergies using a hybrid of acupuncture and ultrasounds. The woman I was talking to cou...
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The American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology has issued new guidelines for diagnosing and treating allergic rhinitis this month, including a c...
The use of helminths (parasitic intestinal worms) for the treatment of various diseases such as Crohn's disease, inflammatory bowel disease, and other autoimmune diseases like multiple sclerosis a...
From all I've been reading so far on the use immunotherapy drops, I've always had the impression that while they work wonders on alleviating symptoms of pollen, dust mite and other environment...
Remember my entry about discovering your allergies by accident? Well, it doesn't apply just to food allergies. For some people, it takes years for something to happen for them to realize that...&q...
Doctors at Allegheny general hospital can now diagnose if a patient's sinus problems is due to allergies or not, using a tool called facial thermography. Basically, it's just measuring minute...
In one of the online forums I frequent, a mom said that here toddler has taken the habit of clapping her hands on the sides of the head, sometimes, over the ears for no apparent reason. Upon consultat...
It seems that allergy-friendly facilities are becoming more and more common as more and more hotels adopt the PURE™ system which creates an allergy-friendly environment.
In Hawaii, the JW Marriott Ih...
I would like to re-post a comment left by "craig" on my entry on Grazax:
i was on one of the london trials of this over 3 years ago. It was a long study with comprehensive recording of daily...
In relation to my previous post on sun allergies, here are some products mentioned in the same article I referred to, which may be used to relieve sun allergy symptoms:
Vitamin E accelerates wound hea...
When it comes to alternative therapies, I'm mixed-up. While I strongly believe on the power of nutrition, certain herbal and dietary supplements, and to some extent, some traditional eastern pract...
Siemens Medical Solutions Diagnostics recently launched a new blood test for detecting allergies called 3gAllergy. Unlike skin tests, this technique can identify reactions to more than 400 allergens, ...
I'm all for natural remedies, but only when scientific studies have proven their efficacy. I've used homeopathic medicines in the past but I'm not sure it really worked and partly because ...
I'd like to pull this comment left by Marc on a previous entry on acupunture as treatment for allergies and re-publish is as an entry to make it more visible. I can imagine there are many of you w...
Are you sure you have allergies? If yes, to what? Do you know the whole range of substances to which you are allergic? If certain individuals who are highly sensitive to these substances, knowing them...
From the comments some of you leave here at Allergizer, I know that a number of you undergo alternative treatments for your allergies-- acupuncture, dietary supplements, herbal remedies and such. Howe...
Depending on they type of symptoms you show, there are different methods to confirm your allergies.
For respiratory allergies such as sneezing, itchy and watery eyes, and runny nose, a skin or "...
Although it has been shown that immunotherapy injection is safe and effective for treating seasonal allergic rhinitis, surveys indicate that allergy shots are not a popular option among patients.
But ...
Everyone knows how important it is to have doctors you can trust. But in some exceptional cases, those exact same people in whose hands we put our faith and health on are involved in scams.
Doctors O...
I came across this news article (more like a press release) about Nambudripad's Allergy Elimination Technique (NAET), and I just couldn't help getting skeptical upon reading how it is done:
St...
Have you ever heard of "rush immunotherapy"? Under normal conditions, immunotherapy involves receving shots containing small amounts of an allergen with the aim of gradually increasing your ...
A few days ago, I wrote about cases of women having the misfortune of having allergies to semen, thus the title alluding to allergies to sex.
I mentioned virtually unsatisfactory methods of managing ...
Probably because of my background in the sciences, I am especially wary of alternative healing. I'm not saying they're bogus, just that I don't understand much of them, and am therefore sk...
How is it like to be told you're not allowed to own pets due to allergies, and then after more than 60 years of yearning, you're finally allowed to cuddle with a puppy?
It's one of the ul...
When you've got a runny nose, and the discharge is colored, that means you need antibiotics, right?
Wrong.
Experts say that in cases of rhinitis, which are usually due to allergies (hay fever), ...
If you don't know it yet, The Grand Rounds is a weekly compilation of blog entries pertaining to medicine and health. This week's issue is hosted at Medical Humanities, and I've spotted a ...
Japanese researchers have found evidence that a flavonoid called apigenin could protect and/or reduce the occurrence of asthma and other allergies associated with the immunoglobulin E (IgE).
Mice ex...
There are times I wish they would invent some kind of forcefield that would ward off allergens. You know, something like that electro-magnetic bubble that protects the Justice League headquarters from...
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