FRIDAY, Dec. 20, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Holy chip! Frito-Lay has issued a limited recall of select 13-oz bags of Lay’s Classic Potato Chips due to the potential presence of undeclared milk, which could pose a serious health risk to individuals with a milk allergy. According to a report released byContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 18, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Winter is here, and that can make it difficult for those with asthma to control their symptoms. The cold air that comes with cooler temperatures can contribute to asthma flare-ups, as can increased respiratory infections and seasonal allergies. It’s essential to manage yourContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Dec. 17, 2024 (HealthDay News) — There’s fungus among us, and it might be making allergies and asthma worse. People with allergy sniffles and asthma have different fungal colonies in their noses than folks who don’t suffer respiratory allergies, researchers report Dec. 16 in the journal Frontiers in Microbiology. “WeContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Dec. 10, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Heavy smoke from wildfires more frequently chokes the skies over the Western United States, but cities farther to the east are no longer being spared, new research shows. Canada’s unusually intense 2023 wildfire season smothered American cities as far off as Baltimore andContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Dec. 5, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Holiday travel is always stressful, but particularly so for people with food allergies. Airlines don’t always honor requests to protect the health of people with food allergies during flights, a new study published Dec. 5 in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.Continue Reading
FRIDAY, Oct. 25, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Anaphylaxis involves a sudden, potentially life-threatening reaction to an allergen, including even very small amounts of food allergens such as egg or peanut. Now, two studies find that people with allergies, as well as those charged with their care, are often unsure whatContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Oct. 24, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Anxiety is driving more children with potentially dangerous food allergies to seek out psychological care, a new study finds. Focusing on one Ohio hospital, the researchers found a more than 50% jump in psychology referrals for kids with food allergies between 2018 andContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 23, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Babies who breathe in polluted air tend to have higher rates of peanut allergy as they grow up, but the same wasn’t true for immune-based conditions like egg allergy or eczema, Australian researchers report. Why the connection to peanut allergy in particular? That’sContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 16, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Folks with peanut allergies don’t have to worry that someone might be munching on the nuts during an airline flight, researchers report. It turns out there’s no evidence to the commonly held belief that nut allergens can be spread through aircraft ventilation systems,Continue Reading
FRIDAY, Oct. 4, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The large majority of people with food allergy, and the caregivers of kids with such allergies, say the condition has led to psychological distress, a new study finds. However, only about 1 in every 5 such people have ever been assessed and counseledContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Oct. 1, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Following the historic destruction of Hurricane Helene, many Americans must now return to their mangled homes and begin the heartbreaking task of clean-up. After making landfall in Florida near Tallahassee as a ferocious Cat 4 storm on Thursday, Helene caused record-breaking storm surgesContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Sept. 19, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Consumers should be aware that some chocolate labeled as “dairy-free” actually contains milk, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warns. This inaccurate labeling could put people with milk allergies in danger, the FDA noted. About 13 of 210 chocolate samples sold in PennsylvaniaContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Aug. 9, 2024 (HealthDay News) — People who are nervous about administering a rescue shot for anaphylaxis finally have a new alternative in a nasal spray. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday announced that it has approved neffy, the first non-injected treatment for life-threatening allergic reactions. TheContinue Reading
SATURDAY, Aug. 3, 2024 (HealthDay News) — As kids and teens prepare to head back to school, parents might not have protecting their child’s lung health on the top of their to-do lists. But experts say it should be. “A new school year often means a new environment for studentsContinue Reading