This morning, my son woke up with the dreaded black circles under his eyes. Of course, we'd been away for the Canadian Thanksgiving weekend. We were visiting a beloved set of grandparents, who enjoy treating both grown-ups and kids with goodies of all sorts. Of course, he'd had a few ...

I continue to wonder what makes the body decide to become allergic rather than targeting only foreign invaders. There are many theories on why the body gets fooled into attacking harmless substances; a number of these focus on our continually declining exposure to the germs that past generations encountered. Which brings ...

There could be a couple of things going on here. One thing to consider is that a true wool allergy is apparently extremely rare. In some cases, people are not allergic to the wool itself, but the method of processing. All wool is generally carbonized. This means that it’s ...