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Monday, May 12 2008
It's Food Allergy Awareness Week (May 11 through May 17, 2008), part of Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month.
Gina Clowes, founder of AllergyMoms.com, and a new expert on our site, has written a blog post about the next steps in a parent's food allergy journey with their children. Find valuable tips about eating out, managing your kitchen... Read more
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JB
Thursday, May 01 2008
May is Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month and we've created tools and provided information for you to get the most out of it.
It's not your imagination -- your hay fever is probably worse than it has been before and more and more people around you are suffering the same thing.
Allergic diseases -- including seaonal allergies, food... Read more
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JB
Tuesday, March 11 2008
Actress and entertainer Molly Shannon (famous for playing Mary Kathering Gallagher on Saturday Night Live) is teaming with Healthcentral.com's non-profit partner, the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA), to launch the Allergies Are No Laughing Matter campaign and Web site. Ms. Shannon and AAFA worked with Pfizer (maker of... Read more
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JB
Tuesday, March 04 2008
Read our experts' analysis in a special Issue Section "Prescription-drug ads prompt nearly one-third of Americans to ask their doctors about an advertised medicine, and 82% of those who ask say their physicians recommended a prescription." This comes from Julie Appleby, a reporter with USA TODAY in a news article about... Read more
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JB
Wednesday, February 20 2008
According to a press release from the drug company: UCB and sanofi-aventis announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a New Drug Application (NDA) for Xyzal (levocetirizine dihydrochloride) 0.5 mg/mL oral solution, a prescription antihistamine used to relieve symptoms associated with indoor and outdoor allergies, as... Read more