Allergy Expert Sloane Miller shares Allergy management news and commentary at MyAllergyNetwork.com. The HealthCentral Network, Inc. (www.HealthCentral.com) is one of the top health destinations on the Web, with more than 35 condition-specific, wellness and general health Web properties. http://www.healthcentral.com/allergy/c/3900 http://www.healthcentral.com/allergy/c/3900/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/allergy/c/3900 http://www.healthcentral.com/allergy/c/3900/32175/allergy-nail-polish Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:33:00 -0400 Sloane Miller I love Essie's colors when I go for a mani or pedi, which is all too infrequently. Essie and Opi seems to have cornered the market on accessible high fashion nail color that is the most readily available at your local nail salon. And to boot, Essie's colors have great names. Here's a recent New York Times story about Essie and her naming technique. My current favorite Essie color is, "A Lot of Shekels." It's a translucent beige neutral... http://www.healthcentral.com/allergy/c/3900/32175/allergy-nail-polish http://www.healthcentral.com/allergy/c/3900/33810/speaking-allergies Mon, 14 Jul 2008 10:56:00 -0400 Sloane Miller Did you hear about this scary story: a 35-year-old man died of a shellfish allergy at a Ruby Tuesday restaurant in Georgia. "Rodney "Krook" Hawkins' wife, Linda, disputes the Maryville, Tenn.-based chain's account, saying -- through a family representative -- that her husband did not order the Chicken Oscar entree, which contains crab meat. Mr. Hawkins, 35, collapsed and went into anaphylactic shock ... soon after consuming the shellfish at the... http://www.healthcentral.com/allergy/c/3900/33810/speaking-allergies http://www.healthcentral.com/allergy/c/3900/32181/celiac-increasingly Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:42:00 -0400 Sloane Miller Have you noticed an increase in products that are "gluten-free" or "allergen-friendly" at your local supermarket? Or that major commercial brands are jumping to the free-from food fray? For example, Rice Chex now has a gluten-free version, and Anheuser-Busch has introduced a gluten-free beer (they use sorghum as the primary ingredient, instead of the traditional wheat, rye, barley and malt).   This is good news for those of us that... http://www.healthcentral.com/allergy/c/3900/32181/celiac-increasingly http://www.healthcentral.com/allergy/c/3900/32773/hookworms-treatment Sun, 06 Jul 2008 15:10:00 -0400 Sloane Miller Say your allergies and asthma are a constant struggle. Standard Western medicine doesn't seem to help or you're tired of taking inhaled steroids, tired of using your inhaler three or four times a week, tired of not being able to catch a decent breath: tired of having your life restricted in too many ways to count.   How radical a treatment would you consider?   Would you consider ingesting hookworms on purpose? For the... http://www.healthcentral.com/allergy/c/3900/32773/hookworms-treatment http://www.healthcentral.com/allergy/c/3900/31475/allergies-cooling Wed, 02 Jul 2008 09:00:00 -0400 Sloane Miller It's been hot, I mean really hot, here on the Eastern seaboard. And when it gets hot, I kind of lose the will to eat. Well not really, but the thought of a heavy meal grosses me out. Even a light meal can feel like a drag. So that's when I really turn to fruit and veggies in their raw and glorious state to be my new best friends for a few reasons.   As someone with food allergies, I go to the source for my nutrition as often as... http://www.healthcentral.com/allergy/c/3900/31475/allergies-cooling http://www.healthcentral.com/allergy/c/3900/32188/dont-allergy-summer Mon, 30 Jun 2008 09:35:00 -0400 Sloane Miller It's officially summertime and grilling is on everyone's to-do list. Who doesn't love the flavor of grilled anything? Chicken, burgers, hot dogs, steaks, veggies, tofu, fruit? It's all delish when grilled.   Here are 10 grilling do's and don'ts from Health Centrals' FoodFit site: 1. Be organized.2. Gauge your fuel.3. Direct grilling is a high heat cooking method.4. Keep it clean.5. Keep it lubricated.6. Turn, don't stab.7. Know when... http://www.healthcentral.com/allergy/c/3900/32188/dont-allergy-summer http://www.healthcentral.com/allergy/c/3900/31474/allergies-allergic Fri, 20 Jun 2008 14:47:00 -0400 Sloane Miller There is a certain art to being a good guest, even when you're visiting family (yes, family), and being a guest with food allergies has a certain set of extra special needs. Here are some of my tips on how to be a great allergic guest who gets asked back again and again.   Communicate. Tone is a huge part of good communication so keep in mind that your host or hostess will be juggling lots of duties. Keep your initial communication... http://www.healthcentral.com/allergy/c/3900/31474/allergies-allergic http://www.healthcentral.com/allergy/c/3900/29275/peanut-anaphylaxis Wed, 18 Jun 2008 09:30:00 -0400 Sloane Miller Anaphylaxis studies are notoriously difficult to do for both practical and ethical reasons. Anaphylaxis is a very serious allergic reaction that generally requires a trip to the emergency room. Anaphylaxis can also be deadly. So, I was very interested to receive this study funded by the National Peanut Board and published in the New England Journal of Medicine, January 2008.     Roles of enzymes in inactivating the... http://www.healthcentral.com/allergy/c/3900/29275/peanut-anaphylaxis http://www.healthcentral.com/allergy/c/3900/29277/allergies-germany Tue, 17 Jun 2008 22:00:00 -0400 Sloane Miller An entire town in Germany has taken allergy-friendliness to the next level.   Baabe, Germany According to The Local, a German news Web site, "The German Baltic Sea resort town of Baabe is to be named the world's first "allergy-friendly community" by the European Centre for Allergy Research Foundation (ECARF)."   Now this is news indeed: an entire oasis of allergy-freedom!   "About one-third of Germans suffer from... http://www.healthcentral.com/allergy/c/3900/29277/allergies-germany http://www.healthcentral.com/allergy/c/3900/29272/allergy-allergies Wed, 11 Jun 2008 09:28:00 -0400 Sloane Miller When I first saw the ads for Out and About with Allergies by Zagat, I was really excited. The Zagat guide is going to take on allergies and food?! Rock on!   But it wasn't exactly as I had dreamed, at least not yet.   In a partnership with GlaxoSmithKline, the pharmaceutical company that creates the allergy medication Veramyst, Zagat has created a very limited "guide book" for 20 U.S. cities, highlighting attractions,... http://www.healthcentral.com/allergy/c/3900/29272/allergy-allergies