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In case you've never sneezed your way through spring, pass the Kleenex and find out what you're missing rabbity red eyes you can't stop.. Los Angeles Times , Capsules A holiday reaction Poinsettia plants can severely affect people with latex allergies. You might want to think twice before bringing a colorful poinsettia plant to cheer a friend during the holidays. Poinsettia can cause severe reactions among people who have latex allergies. Because the biggest groups of such people are health care and food industry workers who are repeatedly exposed to latex gloves for infection control, you might want to reconsider what plant you bring into a hospital. The ornamental poinsettia plant (Euphorbia pulcherrima), with its red or pink petals..
Sydney Morning Herald, The (Australia) , Re ating poses allergy threat to infants Re ating or moving into a newly built home can pose as big an allergy risk as exposing a foetus or baby to cigarette smoke, a study has found. Children considered in a normal range for risk of allergies were twice as likely to develop allergies if exposed to re ations or a new home, according to research presented to a conference in Perth. And children already at risk of developing allergies had nearly four times higher risk of developing conditions such as eczema or asthma. Olf.. Evening Times (Glasgow, Scotland) , Evening Times Allergy alert for NHS THE health service can't cope with Britain's soaring number of allergy sufferers A new report today from the Royal College of Physicians admits treatment is totally inadequate. Allergies have become more common, with one in three people now expected to suffer at some time. Previously rare and severe allergies are also on the increase, and more children are affected. But a shortage of consultants and specialist centres causes major difficulties. Professor.. New York Times, The (NY) , PRACTICAL TRAVELER Coping With Food Allergies FOR the Tedesco family of Bergenfield, N. J. , carefree holidays ended five years ago when their d hter Annie, then , had a severe reaction after eating shellfish. On their next trip to Florida, said Mike Tedesco, Annie's father, "we had to keep an eye on her at all times and watch what she ate. " Even french fries prepared in the same oil used to fry shrimp could have sent Annie into life threatening anaphylactic shock again. "One minute she.. Telegraph Herald (Dubuque, IA) , Scientists develop peanut allergy treatment, Not a cure Patients would have to take a monthly shot to rease the chances of having a fatal reaction Researchers have developed the first drug that can protect the. million Americans who are allergic to peanuts the leading cause of all allergy deaths. The monthly shots are not a cure. But d ors believe the still experimental drug should let people avoid severe complications if they unknowingly eat one or two peanuts, the typical accidental exposure. "Basically, we would not be seeing people in the emergency room or the morgue from peanut accidents," said.. Newsday (Melville, NY) May , Allergy Drugs May Go Over the Counter Gaithersburg, Md. Three popular allergy medications are safe enough to be sold without prescription, a federal advisory panel ruled Friday in a case that could save the health insurance industry billions of dollars but increase costs for consumers. Acting on an unprecedented petition by an insurance company, the Food and Drug Administration panel recommended that Claritin, Allegra and Zyrtec be made available over the counter, without supervision by a d or. The FDA is not required to.. Los Angeles Times , Making a Case for Easier Access to Allergy Drugs Medicine WellPoint Health Networks wants the government to allow over the counter sales of Allegra, Claritin and Zyrtec. Hoping to save tens of millions of dollars annually, one of the nation's largest managed care plans is asking the federal government to convert three top selling prescription allergy drugs Allegra, Claritin and Zyrtec to over the counter status. In so doing, WellPoint Health Networks, based in Thousand Oaks, is essentially asking the federal government to take the unprecedented step of prematurely stripping the drugs of their patent protection, which shields drug makers from.. Press Democrat, The (Santa Rosa, CA) , DRY WEATHER HELPS ALLERGY SEASON GET OFF TO CRYING START WITHOUT MORE RAIN, POLLEN PROLIFERATION COULD BE SHORT LIVED Pass the Kleenex. The season of sneezing has arrived earlier than usual in Sonoma County because of scant rainfall this spring. ``People are coming to our office because they are just miserable from the proliferation of pollen,'' Santa Rosa allergist Dr. Michael tin said Wednesday. ``With their red noses and swollen eyes, they are the perfect caricature of someone suffering from allergies. '' Usually there are continuing rain showers in.. Charlotte Observer, The (NC) , GOT ALLERGIES? DON'T GO TO ARIZONA Terri Cast slumps in the chair of her d or's office, nine dots the color of roses blossoming across her arm.

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