How to Boost Your Child’s Immune System This School Year
Back-to-school time means kids will come home with sniffles, sneezes, and coughs. While there isn’t a way to keep them healthy all the time, and no one has a cure…
Don’t Waste Money on Food Allergy Tests (and What to Do Instead)
Photo: New Africa (Shutterstock) It happens to a lot of people: You start to notice a pattern of unpleasant symptoms, and they seem connected to your diet, so you begin…
You Need to Prepare Now for a Holiday Guest With a Food Allergy
Photo: Alphonsine Sabine (Shutterstock) Having friends and family over for the holidays is stressful enough as it is, but if any of your guests have food allergies, you may be…
Maybe It’s Time to Get an Air Purifier
Photo: Parinya Smithijaroenpon (Shutterstock) I’m slow to catch on sometimes. Even though I’d had intermittent wheezing over the years, I didn’t learn I had asthma until my 30s. And even…
Maybe That ‘Virus’ Is Actually a Fall Allergy
Photo: encierro (Shutterstock) When you get the sniffles or a scratchy throat, you might jump to the conclusion you’re sick—and since the pandemic began, there’s plenty of reason to be…
How to Handle Ragweed Season
Photo: New Africa (Shutterstock) If you have fall allergies, the time is nearly upon us for sneezing and itching. (Depending on where you live, it may have already begun.) Here…
Your Rash Might Be a Sun Allergy
Photo: Stanislav71 (Shutterstock) For all the good things it does for us, the sun can also be a menace: It can burn your skin, mess with your eyes, and even…
Why Allergy Season Is Getting Longer
Photo: sruilk (Shutterstock) If it seems like allergy season is getting worse every year, you’re probably not imagining it. Scientists who study the timing and movement of pollen have found…
Is It Allergies, or Is It COVID?
Odds are, over the past two years, you’ve woken up at least one morning with a scratchy throat and clogged sinuses, and your first thought was: Is it allergies? Or…
Frequent Booster Shots Could Weaken Immunity, Warn European Regulators
Countries should leave more time between booster program, European regulators said. (File)European Union regulators warned that frequent Covid-19 booster shots could adversely affect the immune system and may not be…