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"I itch. I itch!" she complains, jutting a finger at one spreading splotch, demanding to know what it is. Across the hall, Lonnie Kelly sits amazingly still as a d or thrusts an instrument up her nose and asks, "Still having the allergies?" "Oh, yeah," she responds, her watery eyes shooting him a.. Capital Times, The (Madison, WI) , FOUR LEEDS KIDS WIN BIG WITH ALLERGY SCAN DEVICE A team of Leeds Elementary School students has won a national science contest with a device that would simplify life for allergy sufferers. Drawings and a short video submitted by fourth and fifth graders Kallie Harrier, Anna Hagen, Amanda Treinen and Teague Harvey showed how a hand held ``AllerScan'' could be used to determine the content of restaurant and packaged grocery store food. In recent months, an estimated , such projects have been submitted to the.. Chicago Sun Times , Ah choo alert Allergy sufferers bracing for ragweed season Taking a deep, clean breath is going to get a lot tougher for allergy sufferers already facing higher mold and pollen counts this year. The dreaded ragweed plant is about to release its pollen. And once it hits the area this weekend, sufferers are expected to join the already inflated ranks of sneezing, wheezing, teary eyed patients in d ors' waiting rooms. "I've seen patients this year who haven't been in for a couple of..
Money , DON'T PAY THROUGH THE NOSE FOR ALLERGY DRUGS YOU DON'T NEED If you're among the million Americans who suffer from hay fever, here's news that will really make you reach for the tissues. Those expensive prescription drugs you may be taking are likely to be no more effective than some over the counter pills costing a twelfth as much. Worse, some of the most frequently prescribed medications can actually be harmful. In , the Food and Drug Administration announced it intends to pull the popular prescription allergy drug.. Virginian Pilot, The (Norfolk, VA) , FDA APPROVES MEDICINE TO PREVENT ALLERGY ATTACKS< Allergy sufferers will soon be able to buy the nation's first nonprescription medicine that promises to prevent, not just suppress, their sniffles. The Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved the prescription Nasalcrom nasal spray to be sold over the counter. McNeil Consumer Products says the nonprescription Nasalcrom will be on drugstore shelves before spring. Until now, Nasalcrom had competed with the somewhat riskier nasal steroids d ors typically prescribe to.. Virginian Pilot, The (Norfolk, VA) , AH CHOO! WARM, WET WEATHER HAS CREATED A MORE UNCOMFORTABLE FALL THAN USUAL FOR ALLERGY SUFFERERS. You're sneezing. Your nose runs. Your eyes itch. Summer's over, for heaven's sake! So why do your allergies make you feel so rotten?Well, nature has plenty of autumn allergens in store for sufferers. And this fall seems to be a bit worse than last, according to pollen and mold spore counts kept by the Norfolk Health Department. Pollen counting is a fairly inexact science. A coated slide is set outside for hours, then the slide is put under a.. FDA APPROVES TEST FOR LATEX ALLERGIES REACTIONS TO GLOVES USED DURING MEDICAL PROCEDURES CAN, VERY RARELY, BE FATAL D ors have their first test to determine whether patients or colleagues have dangerous allergies to latex. Latex allergy surfaced in the late s, mostly among medical workers who wear latex gloves daily and patients who undergo frequent medical procedures. Reactions ranged from minor skin irritation to, very rarely, fatal anaphylactic shock. Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron began studying the problem five years ago, after a girl with latex allergies almost died.. Record, The (Kitchner, Ontario, Canada) , Health haven Home built as an escape from allergies Formaldehyde, ether, lead and pesticides these are just a few of the chemicals found in the average home. And while exposure to these chemicals might not bother some of us, for people who suffer from environmental allergies, such as McNichol of Waterloo, the combination can be life threatening. Sitting in a solid oak chair in the living room of their Hillside Drive home, is now the picture of health. But it wasn't always so. Before the McNichols moved into their.. FDA APPROVAL OF NEW SPRAY LETS ALLERGY SUFFERERS BREATHE EASIER Allergy sufferers will soon have a new form of relief. The Food and Drug Administration has approved Flonase Nasal Spray, a once a day spray for allergic rhinitis. Rhinitis is nasal inflammation that causes a constant runny nose and sneezing. It can be a symptom of a bad cold, but as many as million Americans suffer it for weeks at a time because of allergies. Antihistamines and ongestants don't reduce the inflammation. Other nasal sprays do, but manufacturer Glaxo.. Newsday (Melville, NY) May , STAYING ALIVE Surviving the Allergy Season IF YOU ARE ONE of the million Americans who have seasonal allergies, you may regard all those budding things in spring as a mixed blessing.

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