Toronto – With allergy season just around the corner, one thing that many people with seasonal allergies forget is that plants from the same family can often cause allergy problems. In other words, if you react to the pollen of one plant, you could be allergic to a fruit ...

As of December 2008, Health Canada is advising parents to stop giving cough and cold remedies to children under 6. This follows initial recommendations from the FDA to stop administering cold remedies to children under 2, as well as information released by the CDC that approximately 7,000 American children ...

As an parent with allergies, I was told when my children were young to avoid exposing them to potential allergens too early. The theory was that if they entered the world with my allergenic genes, then I shouldn't tempt fate. Recent studies have recently challenged the medical world's opinion on this ...

Quercetin is touted by many natural health sites as a potential weapon in your battle with allergy symptoms. Does it really work? Let's first understand what quercetin really is. This plant-related compound is found in foods. It's one of the identified flavonoids, which give flowers and fruits their various colors. ...

Allergies are on the rise in the western world. However, there are demographic groups who have an even higher risk of allergy than the general population. In general, the children of food allergy-free parents have only a 10-15 per cent chance of developing a food allergy themselves. Kids that have ...