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Kathleen MacNaughton

posted 07/01/2009, comments (0)

Tips for Staying Healthy and Avoiding Allergies Over the 4th of July

The annual birthday celebration for the United States is this weekend. Follow these tips to stay healthy over the 4th of July, so you can enjoy all your planned fun outdoor and family activities. Allergy Triggers Are Lurking in All the Fun Places Planning to attend an outdoor barbecue with family and friends? If so, watch out that you... Read more Chevron

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Gina Clowes

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posted 06/19/2009, comment (1)

4 Steps to Stop Overprotecting Your Allergic Child

Our job as parents is to protect our children, but our goal is to raise a responsible adult. When a child has a serious health issue, it's natural that we hold on a little tighter and often for a little longer. When the stakes are very high, as they are with life threatening food allergies and asthma, we do not have the luxury of allowing... Read more Chevron

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James Thompson, MD

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posted 06/17/2009, comments (5)

Three Reasons Your Hay Fever Treatment May Be Failing

1. Your medication may not be targeting the right symptoms. Some patients enter my office frustrated because of the failure of their antihistamine pills (e.g. Claritin (loratadine), Zyrtec (cetirizine) and Allegra (fexofenadine) to relieve symptoms of nasal-sinus congestion. Antihistamines chiefly dry up the nose and reduce itching... Read more Chevron

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Sloane Miller

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posted 02/08/2009, comments (0)

When Traveling, Pack Your Painkillers!

There was an article in the New York Times recently about a couple away on a lovely vacation in Indonesia and the husband accidentally fractures his ankle. Not so lovely. Their cell phones turn out to be the most reliable tool they have. They make the decision not to have surgery in a foreign country and then have to figure out how to get him... Read more Chevron

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Jamie Martin

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posted 01/13/2009, comments (0)

Tex-Mex Chicken with Avocado Mango Slaw Allergy-Friendly Recipe

Happy New Year to everyone and I hope you had a wonderful holiday. Most everyone makes a resolution at the beginning of a new year, and for most adults, that may mean losing a few pounds. I know I'd like to part company with 10 pounds myself, but it can be hard to find recipes for your food allergic family that eliminate all of the problem... Read more Chevron

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