There has been a lot of interesting news on the allergy and asthma front this year. Some of it is cautionary; some of it is heartening. I'm putting it all together for a great group writing project hosted by Robert Hruzek of Middle Zone Musings. So take a ...

Could you help heal your sinuses and lungs by sitting in a salt room? That's what Viv Groskop set out to do. Groskop has had asthma almost all her life. She got used to coming in last when running races. As an adult, her breath is audible and her sinuses ...

Hong Kong – There is more good news in the fight against obesity and diabetes: current research shows that over-the-counter drugs for allergy and asthma actually helped diabetic mice. Other studies have linked obesity with type-2 diabetes via a dysfunctional immune system. As a result, researchers indicate that the new ...

Parasitic worms used to be very common. Our grandparents and great-grandparents would have known the herbal and traditional remedies to get rid of these nasty crittters. They also would have had less allergies. John Turton, a British scientist, deliberately infected himself with hookworms in the mid 1970's in a bid to ...

The constantly rising costs of health care are keeping many Americans (even those with so-called "good" insurance policies) from seeking treatment, according to managers of patient-assistance hot lines in Massachusetts. The cost of health care used to be a problem mostly for poor families without insurance. Now, even those with ...