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The Food Allergy Pantry Purge
By Sean Kelley
A few days after my son, Graeme’s, food allergies (to peanuts, corn, soy, wheat, egg whites, and chicken) were confirmed, my wife mentioned his problems to a surgery colleague at the hospital where she is a nurse. “We harvested the organs of a 2-year-old this week. She got into the pantry when no […]
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I Love Peanuts, but They Could Kill My Son
By Sean Kelley
I’m a peanut junkie. I love PB&Js, peanut butter pies, peanuts in Coca Cola bottles (a Southern treat that is just what it sounds like), and peanut brittle. I’ve been seen eating peanut butter straight out of the jar—with a spoon when handy and with fingers when not. When I introduced my wife, […]
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Allergies Can Dig Into Gardening’s Fun
(HealthDay News) — For gardeners with allergies, it can be difficult to enjoy their passion for plants when they have to cope with the misery of sneezing, itchy eyes, congestion and, in some cases, an asthma attack.
“Gardening outside during times of high pollen counts puts patients at risk for severe allergic symptoms,” Dr. Warren Filley, […]
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Doctor-Patient Bond Frays After Medical Mistake
(HealthDay News) — Serious medical errors don’t just affect the health of the patient, they can quickly destroy the patient’s relationship with his or her doctor, too, experts say.
Too often, a health care mistake causes shame and fear in the physician responsible, leading to stilted, unsatisfying conversations with — or avoidance of — the affected […]
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Farms Shield Kids From Bowel Disease
(HealthDay News) — Children regularly exposed to farm life as babies are about half as likely as other kids to develop Inflammatory bowel disease such as ulcerative colitis or Crohn disease, German researchers report.
The findings, published in the August issue of Pediatrics, fall into line with what experts in inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs), allergy and […]
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Scientists Probe How HIV Infection Turns Into AIDS
(HealthDay News) — The common scientific wisdom on how HIV infection proceeds to full-blown AIDS might be wrong, two U.S. researchers say.
They hope that their new insights, if proven, will lead to exciting new treatment targets down the line.
Working from a complex mathematical model of viral replication and immune cell death, the researchers now suspect […]
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Health Tip: Causes of Fainting
(HealthDay News) — Fainting occurs due to a sudden drop in blood flow to the brain, resulting in brief loss of consciousness. Fainting can be accompanied by dizziness or nausea.
Here are some common triggers, courtesy of the U.S. National Library of Medicine:
Straining during urination or a bowel movement.
Excessive coughing.
Standing for too long in […]
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Added Pounds Mean Added Risk for Asthma
(HealthDay News) — Overweight and obese individuals are 50 percent more likely to develop asthma than normal-weight men and women, new research suggests.
Public health efforts to control asthma should therefore emphasize the importance of healthy weight management, the researchers argue in the April issue of the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.
“The bottom-line […]
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Breast-Feeding Helps Shield Babies From HIV
(HealthDay News) — By breast-feeding only, HIV-positive mothers reduce the risk of postnatal HIV infection in their babies, South African researchers report.
The study, published in the March 31 issue of The Lancet, also found that early introduction of animal milk and solid foods while breast-feeding increases the risk that infants will be infected with HIV, […]
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Coming Clean on Personal Care Products
(HealthDay News) — Is your deodorant boosting your breast cancer risk? And how much chemical preservative in hand and body lotions is too much?News reports over the past few years have heightened consumer awareness of the myriad chemicals found in everyday beauty and hygiene products, but two expert dermatologists say it pays to investigate before […]