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FDA Approves New Use for Xyzal: Allergic Rhinitis and Chronic Idiopathic Urticaria

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 Chevron

posted 02/20/2008, comments (0)|

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Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America

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Be An Advocate for Allergy and Asthma

She has asthma and she simply wants to work and breathe until she can retire in a few years. Yet, each morning as she departs for her office, she is never sure whether her co-worker's perfume will be strong that day, intense enough to trigger an asthma attack. He wants to travel cross-country to visit his grandparents, yet his anxiety has... Read more Chevron

posted 02/14/2008, comments (8)|

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Phthalates: Your Soap May Be Hurting You

When it comes to fighting germs, do you think that a little dab of soap will do ya? Well, new research shows that a little dab may just be doing you in. That's right, in addition to getting rid of germs, the soap you're using on your skin-and your kids' skin-every day may be silently altering your hormone function, and causing a slew... Read more Chevron

posted 02/14/2008, comments (0)|

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Allergies and antibiotics

I have always been a healthy person. But after taking a large amount of antibiotics over a long period of time I developed food intolerances, swelling, itching, skin infections, muscle twitching, and vision distortion. I'm off the antibiotics and started taking different supplements which really helped, but why would antibiotics do this and... Read more Chevron

posted 02/10/2008, comments (2)|

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Sloane Miller

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The Rise in Food Allergies Stirs Me to Confusion

Read "Food Allergies Stir a Mother to Action" article by New York Times reporter Kim Severson. I'm a centrist. For example, I believe not in nature VERSUS nurture but that we are a combination of nature AND nurture. Another example, I love when non-medical techniques work o help keep me healthy but am all too happy to... Read more Chevron

posted 02/03/2008, comments (2)|

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