In spite of help from the entire world, the United States’ soon-to-be First Family’s quest for a hypoallergenic dog may best be settled in educated compromise because all dogs emit allergens, to one extent or the other.  Perhaps the best…

Pediatricians and allergists have been suspecting it but recently the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirmed it: more American children than ever are developing allergies to some of the most common items in the nation’s food supply.…

About 2% of all American adults and 5% of the nation’s infants and young children suffer from food allergies.  Some allergic reactions triggered by the foods eaten are merely irritating but 30,000 of them every year are severe enough to…

Measles, mumps, and whooping cough outbreaks have been reported in the United States in recent months.  In other countries, children have become ill with the measles and polio.  All these diseases, once common to childhood, can be avoided by a…

Researchers at Ohio State University have just released the findings of a study that suggests allergic reactions that occur during times of stress are likely to last longer and be more severe than reactions to the same allergens during times…

Nobody would argue that the arrival of a new baby is a time when cleanliness is critical but a new study suggests too much of a good thing can leave your child gasping for breath.  Seems asthma has a tendency…

Mothers who smoke cigarettes during pregnancy double their children’s chances of developing asthma before their fourth birthdays. And the more a pregnant mother smoked, the higher her child’s chance of developing asthma in the first few years of life. Smoking…

Kids are used to hearing they shouldn’t play in traffic but now a study of children, traffic, and allergies points to problems with allergies and other associated ailments when children live near major roadways and breathe the traffic-polluted air. The…

Researchers at Columbia University have released a statement sure to please cat-loving parents everywhere. Seems children up to age five who live in a household containing a cat are less likely to develop asthma and cat allergies than children who…

Spring allergy season is beginning to hit, and it can make outdoor playtime a real bear. But did you know there is a good, natural alternative to allergy medicines?

A story in the Wall Street Journal this week reports on nasal irrigation…

Who’s afraid of the big bad egg? Some people, especially children, are actually allergic to eggs and the problem can even become fatal in some cases. In fact, this kind of allergy is among the top of the list in…

Med Headlines - There was a time when children diagnosed as allergic to either milk or eggs could be expected to outgrow those allergies by the time they reached age 3. Medical records today indicate the allergies aren’t going away…

Med Headlines - Peanut allergies in children seem to be getting more common and they seem to be developing at an earlier age than in recent years. Todd D. Green, MD, of the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, reports these findings…