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    Allergy Treatment: A Healthy Dose of Hookworms?

    How far are you willing to go to treat your allergy and asthma problems?   Would you allow your doctor to infect you with parasitic worms in order to suppress your allergy immune system? Apparently there are allergy sufferers who would.   A physician/scientist conducted a study that involved the intentional infection of 15... Read moreChevron
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    Hookworms As An Allergy Treatment -- No Thanks!

    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... Read moreChevron
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    A Town Free From Allergies? Visit Baabe, Germany

    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... Read moreChevron
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    posted 06/13/2008, comments (31)

    Decongestant Nasal Sprays: Beware of Addiction

    Over-the-counter nasal sprays provide quick relief to millions of Americans suffering from a stuffy nose or sinus pressure, often brought on by allergies (aka "hay fever"). But did you know prolonged use of these sprays -- known as topical nasal decongestants (TNDs) -- often leads to addiction?   Continue reading Decongestant Nasal Sprays:... Read moreChevron
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    Workplace allergies

    Workplace allergy is realAccording to the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology as reported by the New York Times: "Workplace allergy, specifically occupational asthma, accounts for about 10 percent of asthma cases in the United States ... Work-induced allergy is fairly simple to diagnose: the symptoms worsen as the workday... Read moreChevron
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