Are you sneezing a lot? Are your kids sneezing a lot? How do you know if you have allergies or whether it's just a cold? This is Vancouver and sometimes it seems like it's allergy season all year long! How can you tell the difference? It can...
For anyone with asthma, preventing attacks of wheezing, coughing, chest tightness and shortness of breath is a top priority. Might vitamin D help? This study The researchers analyzed data from nine studies, involving 1,093 children and adults with asthma, most diagnosed with mild to moderate cases. The participants...
Fatigue, sneezing, sniffling, watery eyes, itchiness of eyes, nose, throat and the roof of your mouth… sound familiar? While the arrival of spring brings wonderful flowers, sunlight and light breezes, for many it also brings the symptoms of seasonal allergies. What causes allergies? Seasonal allergies are the...
A new study has found that there’s no such thing as non-drowsy allergy medication. Even newer antihistamines like Clarinex, Zyrtec, and Xyzal cause significant daytime sleepiness, and worse. [caption id="attachment_3555" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Allergy medication[/caption] Allergy sufferers have long faced a no-win situation with traditional antihistamine medications: sneeze...
For patients who do not wish to be on proton-pump inhibitors, this study offers an affordable and easy-to-administer solution. Gastro-esophageal reflux disease (GERD) could be reduced with exclusion diets based on food intolerance tests, particularly for for non-responders to proton-pump inhibitors. Published in World J....