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Nuptials Without Sniffles: How to Have an Allergy Free Wedding Day
Allergies have a tendency to strike at inopportune moments. Think big meetings, important interviews, graduation days. But there is no event quite as important as your wedding day. Because so many nuptials take place during the spring and summer months, an appalling number of brides and grooms find themselves diving for the tissues when they … Continue reading Nuptials Without Sniffles: How to Have an Allergy Free Wedding Day
View More >>Yoga vs. Rhinitis
Here’s a poorly sourced health article from that bastion of poorly sourced health news – The Huffington Post – that might actually have some merit. Entitled “Yoga for Allergies,” the piece attempts to explain how yoga could help you achieve allergy relief. What’s good about the article is that its general underpinnings are sound: One … Continue reading Yoga vs. Rhinitis
View More >>The Best Antihistamine You Can Buy
If you’re like most Americans, you have experienced the distinct horror show of dread and confusion that is the cold remedy aisle. Today’s options for dealing with cold and flu symptoms are practically limitless, encompassing dozens of brand names, countless promises and a veritable alphabet soup of active ingredients. How do you decide? Most people … Continue reading The Best Antihistamine You Can Buy
View More >>2013 Should Be a Banner Year for Allergies
As our planet warms and major weather events become implacably more common, one rarely mentioned consequence is a rise in the occurrence of allergic rhinitis – also known as allergies. Now some scientists are expecting this year’s production of pollen and dust to exceed any in recent memory: The changing climate has brought early spring, … Continue reading 2013 Should Be a Banner Year for Allergies
View More >>Why Seesaw Weather Makes You Sick
It has long been considered a fact, if an anecdotal one, that rapid fluctuations in temperature can lead to rhinitis and other respiratory symptoms. The reasoning behind this notion is pretty sound: Our mucosa are highly sensitive tissues, tuned precisely to maintain the proper warmth and humidity for their environments. Change that environment quickly and … Continue reading Why Seesaw Weather Makes You Sick
View More >>Why Do I Sneeze in the Cold?
With cold weather upon us, this seemed a good time to address yet another question from the grab bag. I’ve written once before about the mystery that is the sneeze reflex, specifically why it seems to appear with exercise. Today’s question is surprisingly common as well: Why do we sneeze when it’s cold outside? The … Continue reading Why Do I Sneeze in the Cold?
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