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• Can kids eat way out of allergies?
WASHINGTON - Elizabeth White's first encounter with peanuts — a nibble of a peanut butter cracker at age 14 months — left the toddler gasping for breath. Within minutes, her airways were swelling shut. A mere fifth of a peanut was enough to ...
• When you are denied health insurance
When confronted with an applicant who has any kind of medical history (including routine issues such as allergies, a past cesarean section delivery or acid reflux), insurers are usually perfectly free to charge much higher rates or to deny coverage ...
• Fish in children's diet can cut eczema risk
It often affects those prone to allergies. The Swedish study is part of research tracking the long-term health of nearly 17,000 babies. The researchers found that genes played an important role in the development of eczema but breast-feeding and ...
• Tylenol may raise asthma risk in children
Those who suffered rhinitis and were allergic to an assortment of agents like house dust mites, cat, grass and birch were 3.5 times more likely to develop asthma later on compared to those who suffered no allergies nor rhinitis. The third study in ...
• Allergies and asthma- msnbc.com
Allergies and asthma ... Swimming in outdoor chlorinated pools appears to increase the odds a child will develop asthma, Belgian researchers said on Thursday. Full story