Who'd have guessed? Turns out that if you are allergic to cats - but can't live without one - your best bet is a light colored cat! Apparently, dark colored cats cause more intense allergic reactions. In fact, you are four times more likely to react to a dark colored cat ...

According to a new report on the size of the allergy drug market in the US, allergy sufferers could be spending $14.7 billion by 2015. That's in the US alone. Seems that if you are looking for a good investment, you might want to buy stock in companies that sell ...

This is a very surprising outcome, given the pressure exerted by the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CAMJ): WestJet has decided to keep small pets in the airplane passenger cabin with their owners, making airplanes unsafe for the severely pet allergic. This decision was made despite the recommendation from the ...

Long-acting beta agonists (LABAs) are used for the treatment of asthma and COPD. However, these drugs have come under greater scrutiny in the recent past and will now be subject to new labeling requirement. Now the FDA has said that these drugs must say on their labels that they should ...

A new study published in the Journal of Food Science shows that boiling shrimp for at least 10 minutes could reduce the allergen in shrimp extracts. Shrimp extract is a common ingredient in asian cooking and might just be hiding there in your next bowl of shrimp gumbo. As popular ...