allergies

Tips to Reduce Your Allergic Reactions This Season

Spring has finally sprung, but with it comes allergy season. Experts believe this year to be a particular high pollen count year and recommend that everyone be prepared for a potentially rough allergy season.

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

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?

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.
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