Robert Hruzek of Middle Zone Musings has challenged his fellow bloggers to showcase their best of 2009. Here's mine! This year has been quite a journey for me and my family. It was a rough winter: someone was sick in our house for every week between late October and ...

The theory that children are developing allergies due to a lack of exposure to common germs and childhood infection is being threatened by new research. The "hygiene theory" says that children are more prone to allergies because modern life is too clean and germ free. The idea was that being ...

New research indicates that reducing childhood obesity may help to prevent allergies. The study results are available in the May issue of Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. The research shows that obese children and adolescents are at significant increased risk of allergy - especially food allergy. The study was ...

Cobalis is claiming a revolutionary new approach to allergies: stop them before they get started. The product is called PreHistin, and it's a new allergy relief treatment. Cobalis tested PreHistin in clinical trials: use of the treatment was shown to both reduce and regulate IgE levels and their resulting histamine ...

Arizona – If you live in the southern states and you have allergies, you might already be sneezing. According to Dr Bryan Updegraff of Sun City, it will only be downhill from here. A nice wet winter combined with an early warming trend has resulted in spring pollen arriving early. ...