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As many as million Americans suffer from allergies according to the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases of the National Institutes of Health and workdays are lost annually due to allergy complaints. The staggering cost to companies is estimated to be between million and billion a year in medical claims lost workdays.. Herald News, The (Joliet, IL) , Allergy, hayfever season just around corner New treatments Allergy and Asthma Clinic on cutting edge "Allergy sufferers should be aware that allergy season is just around the corner," says Dr. Ted Kanellakes of Allergy and Asthma Clinic, N. Hammes in Joliet and W. Renwick in Plainfield. "If you've suffered from hay fever, allergies or asthma, and haven't consulted a physician, you should know that you don't have to suffer any longer. In both hay fever, or allergic rhinitis and asthma there have been a lot of.. NJ , Food for thought Food allergies can produce symptoms as mild as hives or a stomachache. They also can be deadly. By LAURA UNGAR Staff reporter At a seaside restaurant one day, Christine Lim of Hockessin gave her year old d hter a Ritz Bits cracker smeared with peanut butter. Suddenly, the little girl broke out in hives. Her face swelled. She started to have trouble breathing. Lim ran to a lifeguard and asked for a d or. She strapped her d hter into the car and headed toward the emergency room... Press Telegram (Long Beach, CA) , POLLEN COUNT MAKES ALLERGIES INSUFFERABLE, HEALTH THOSE LIVING IN SOUTHLAND BEACH REGIONS SPARED WORST OF PROBLEM. While coastal dwellers have not seen the explosion in pollen counts reported throughout the San Fernando Valley, at least one Long Beach d or says his office has been unusually busy with allergy sufferers looking for relief. Pollen counts for some areas in Los Angeles County have spiked this month to levels more than times last , according to information released Monday by the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology. According to the academy's Web site, the.. (CA) May , MANY AWAIT OUTCOME OF PRESCRIPTION DRUG DEBATE ISION ON CHANGING TO OVER THE COUNTER MAY BE YEARS AWAY Allergies give Sean Sullivan watery eyes and an itchy nose, but getting a month's supply of Claritin is an entirely different headache. Make a d or's appointment, make a d or's visit, make a trip to the pharmacy for the allergy medication and repeat every few months. ''It's a pain,'' says the director of athletics at the University of California Santa Cruz... STAFF May , The sneezin' season Allergies They're awful here, but even worse elsewhere C. RAY HALL, The Courier Journal Louisville often thinks of itself as the Allergy Capital of the World. However, the math may not support the myth Louisville failed to crack the nation's top last year in highest one day readings for pollens and mold spores, as recorded by testers for the National Allergy Bureau. St. Louis Atlanta Tulsa, Okla. and other places have a greater claim to being the.. STAFF May , The sneezin' season Allergies They're awful here, but even worse elsewhere C. RAY HALL, The Courier Journal Louisville often thinks of itself as the Allergy Capital of the World. However, the math may not support the myth Louisville failed to crack the nation's top last year in highest one day readings for pollens and mold spores, as recorded by testers for the National Allergy Bureau. St. Louis Atlanta Tulsa, Okla. and other places have a greater claim to being the.. News Press, The (Fort Myers, FL) , A Closer Look For many, allergies nothing to sneeze at Ailments vary from common to strange By MIKE NEMETH mnemeth@news press. com Karl Vick couldn't have picked a worse hobby as a child. "About years old, I started catching bumblebees," says Vick a magician in Cape Coral. "I didn't realize the consequences until I was. "Vick awoke semiconscious in an emergency room with d ors and nurses staring down at.. Fresno Bee, The (CA) , ALLERGY SEASON IN THE AIR POLLEN GOES TO PEOPLE'S HEADS WHEN THEY LIVE IN THE GREEN CENTRAL VALLEY. Spring is a week away, but hay fever season doesn't bow to the Gregorian calendar. Just ask anyone whose nose is running and eyes are burning. They'll tell you allergy season begins when the pollen starts to fly. And this year, as is usual for the evergreen San Joaquin Valley, the tiny allergen specks already are in the air. On a scale of to , with being the highest pollen count, today is going to be a , said A. M. Aminian, a Fresno allergist who issues a.. USA TODAY , 'Complex issues' require much study before action, FDA says Administration's ision on allergy drugs could have wide repercussions For nearly two years, the Food and Drug Administration has been reviewing whether the allergy drugs Claritin, Allegra and Zyrtec should be switched from prescription drugs to over the counter medicines. The FDA, which has sole authority to ide whether drugs should be sold by prescription or over the counter, says a request made by Blue Cross of California to classify the antihistamines as over the counter drugs raises ''complex issues. ''..

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