Nutritional researchers from California have found that antioxidants really are the fountain of youth. In fact, people who consume more of these valuable nutrients (found in fruits and vegetables) age at almost half the rate of others who don't. Apparently, antioxidants slow down cell division. Now, while replacing "old" cells ...

I've written before on how our family has a lot of history with allergies - which pretty much guaranteed that my kids would also face the challenge of allergies. Little did I know what I was in for. Long story short (which you will be able to read as a serial ...

When most of us are cursing the cold weather because we're shivering, others are facing a life-threatening situation. Cold uticaria is an allergy to cold. While many of us might joke that we are allergic to the winter, cold uticaria doesn't require winter temps to result in symptoms. In fact, an ...

The answer is: probably not. While the services likely do what they say they do - which is kill dust mites and eliminate their allergens - experts believe that the dust mites will return to their former levels in a couple of months. Companies that offer this kind of service ...

This is troubling news for folks with allergies and asthma, who are often counseled to get the seasonal flu shot because of their health issues: an unpublished Canadian study apparently shows that if you got last year's flu shot, you could be more susceptible to swine flu this year. The ...