The Link Between Tattoos and Your Health: Safety and Precautions

Medicine & Technology Nov 05, 2019

Tattoo is considered as art; it is a way that some people express themselves. However, there are concerns regarding the practice and how lenient the law is when it comes to artists and tattoo parlors.

Insect Bites & Stings Awareness: Summer Health Risks, Symptoms, & Treatment

Jun 05, 2017

Summer health risks is fun and exciting. The awareness of the health risks like spider bites and bee stings that go with the summer fun will help the most of enjoying the rest of the season.

Could A Life-Saving Blood Transfusion Leave You With Allergies Instead?

Apr 07, 2015

While you might think that a blood transfusion may save your life in a serious situation, there may be a few added drawbacks to the life-saving procedure. One of these drawbacks, in fact, can be the development of new allergic reactions to things that never bothered you before. In a new study published this week Canadian doctors revealed that a young 8-year-old boy went into anaphylactic shock from uncommon allergens, merely days after a platelet transfusion. And they fear now that it had everything to do with the platelet donor, whose severe food allergies had not been taken into account before the transfusion took place.

VIDEO—The LEAP Trial and How Researchers Revealed No Threat in Allergens

Feb 25, 2015

Ever wonder what’s best: to feed your baby peanut butter or not, for fear of a deadly allergic reaction? Well while past guidelines suggested that parents steer clear of most allergens until an older age, a new study published this week in The New England Journal of Medicine suggests that avoidance may no longer be the best method. In fact, the study researchers suggest that early exposure may even prevent your children from developing the allergy altogether.

When It Comes to Allergens—Is It Best to Stay Away?

Feb 25, 2015

When it comes to severe food-based allergies, be it citrus fruit or even nuts, doctors have long advised to steer clear for fear that consumption may cause the onset of allergies in children early on. But with a continued spike in the prevalence, and severity, of these allergies in recent years, researchers are now looking to change previously recommended guidelines.

Battle of the Sexes: Could Being Female Influence Fatal Allergic Reactions?

Dec 30, 2014

They may not necessarily be known as the fairer sex, but researchers of a recent study did find that females may be more prone to death by anaphylaxis. From rashes to the more severe anaphylaxis, allergic reactions vary depending on the gravity of exposure to allergens, one's allergic threshold, and according to the new study, the presence of estrogen -- the primary sex hormones in a woman's body.