If you think your spring allergies are worse than ever this year, you might be right. Rising temperatures have lengthened the spring allergy season, because plants are pollinating longer, says Jeff Stokes, an associate professor of medicine with Creighton University School of Medicine and allergist/immunologist with Creighton Medical Associates. Compounding the problem ...

Air quality is improving in many U.S. cities, but half of the country still suffers from air pollution levels that can be dangerous to breathe. These are the key findings of the State of the Air 2011 report from the American Lung Association, and it's a real good news/bad news story. There's ...

NASHVILLE — Mattress maker Southerland Inc. says it has developed the first mattress and box spring foundation system that kills bed bugs and dust mites on conatct. Southerland and Allergy Technologies, maker of ActiveGuard mattress liners, announced that they have partnered to develop the Southerland Total Protection Sleep System, the first ...

WASHINGTON — With thousands of allergy treatment products on the market, it's hard to know which over-the-counter medication works best. With that dilemma in mind, the American Pharmacists Association conducts an annual survey of OTC products that are most often recommended by pharmacists responding to customer inquiries. Here are the OTC products ...

Summer is nearly upon us, and you know what that means: another season of frustration and disappointment for peanut-allergy sufferers who also happen to love ice cream. In the United States, there are no lines of ice cream that are dedicated to being nut-free. Even those that do not contain peanut ...