Scientists may have found a food processing method that will enable those with seafood allergies to eat prawns without triggering adverse allergy symptoms: by use of gamma radiation. The team revealed...

A survey of more than 1,500 allergic rhinitis sufferers who have used a prescription nasal spray showed that patients discontinue their treatment due to discomfort when using the spray device. Survey...

Reader's Digest offer various experts' advice on how to cope with (nasal) allergies, taking different approaches into consideration. Have a look at what solutions an allergist, nutritionist,...

Here's a book for those of you with wheat allergies and gluten sensitivities: The Gluten-Free Guide to New York: Everything You Need To Know About GF Dining, Shopping, and Cooking in the...

I know a number of you with allergies to airborne particles such as dust, pollen, etc (or even who don't) use air purifiers. These equipment definitely don't come cheap, but worse, some of...

In a 450-patient clinical study, the prescription antihistamine Astelin Nasal Spray showed promising results, relieving the major symptoms of pollen allergy, including sneezing, runny nose and...

Although the FDA has approved of Xolair for treating allergic asthma, one potential adverse effect of this medication is anaphylaxis, which may include allergy symptoms such as trouble in breathing,...

Here is one dustmite that's no threat, even to those with dust mite allergies: the Dust Mite Plush Doll by Critters, a trademark of Giant Microbes, Inc. Unless you live in Antarctica, you've...

Here on my part of the world, winter has been overly mild. Even in January, when it's supposed to be the peak of winter, the temperatures rarely went down to freezing points. It snowed a grand...

since late last year, the sale of allergy medications and decongestants containing the compound pseudoephedrine are more strictly controlled. The procedure for procuring these medicines has become...

Vita Specialty Foods, Inc. is voluntarily recalling the following products because their labels do not disclose that the products contain a flavor ingredient derived from milk. If you have an allergy...

The American Italian Pasta Company (AIPC) is recalling Giant Eagle brand "Egg Free Pasta Ribbons" becasue, well, they might not be egg-free after all. These products were sold in giant eagle...

Penicillin is a common antibiotic used to treat many different types of infections, such as tonsillitis, pneumonia, strep throat, bronchitis, and infections of the skin. However, allergic reactions to...

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...

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:...

After all the previous entries I've written on pet allergies, I thought I already knew quite a bit about living and coping with allergies to pet dander and such. But hey, you learn a new thing...

"In eating certain foods over and over again, we use up the enzymes needed to digest and metabolise them. An adaptation develops wherein the person copes with the chronic stress by becoming...

In wine making, sulfites are added as preservatives and cause allergic reaction in some people. Even organic wines, in which additional sulfites are not added, are not totally sulfite-free. Spanish...

Finally, a direct answer to the circulating rumor: there is NO peanut oil in Aquafresh toothpastes. A spokeswoman for the manufacturer of AquaFresh for Kids, GlaxoSmithKline, said emphatically that...

Molds trigger allergic reaction when its spores are inhaled, resulting to sneezing, itching, nasal discharge, congestion and dry, scaling skin. And though molds and mold spores are everywhere, it is...