Environmental control: an idea whose time has come

The importance of the relationship between asthma and allergy is now well-recognized [1,7]. Studies of asthmatic patients with house dust mite allergy have demonstrated the importance of house dust mite avoidance measures in the control of asthma [8,11].MURRAY and...

How Can You Prevent Peanut Comsumption: Is it possible?

In the past 15 – 20 years, the number of peanut allergic children has increased dramatically. From 0.5% to 1.0% in England and an increase from 0.4% to 0.8% in the United States. Peanuts and tree nuts account for most life-threatening or fatal food...

Allergy Shots – Build Up Tolerance to Prevent Reactions

Denise DeWitt- Many allergy sufferers take pills or use nose sprays to help ease their symptoms. There is no true “cure” for allergies, but many people have found allergen immunotherapy, or allergy shots to be the next best thing.When something that you...