Researchers who are working to find a way to treat food allergies have their sights on the next target –… Read more »
Author: Claire Gagné
Celiac Disease: Fertility’s Thief
The View’s Elisabeth Hasselbeck learned that celiac disease was the culprit thwarting her attempts to get pregnant. She’s by no means alone.
Planet Allergy: Climate Change Fuels Allergies
From the Allergic Living archives, an investigation of rising temperatures and rising allergies. Wasp sting reactions in Alaska, wildfire pollution,… Read more »
Stinging Insect Allergies: When Are They Serious?
With warm weather, they’re back! Know and reduce the risks.
Kyle Dine, Allergy Minstrel
From the Allergic Living archives. First published in the magazine in 2007. With songs like “Smellephant the Allergic Elephant,” the… Read more »
Peanut Allergy: Making It ‘Go Away’
Nine-year-old Isabella Uknis can do something her parents were told was impossible: she can eat half a peanut every day.… Read more »
When Grass Allergy Attacks: From Symptoms to Managing
For those with grass allergy, a lush lawn can be the bane of summer. Grass allergy is one of the… Read more »
H1N1 (Swine Flu) and Food Allergy
Background: The vaccine against the H1N1 flu (formerly known as swine flu) became available in 2009 to fight a flu… Read more »
Bullying Case Grabs Attention
Food allergy bullying is on the rise. With such high stakes, it’s an alarming trend that needs to be stopped.
Backlash Boards the Bus: Allergy Protocols Likened to Hysteria
From blogs to the press to esteemed medical journals, those who support anaphylaxis policies in schools are being branded as “hysterical” or “fearful” or even needing to “feel special”. Exceptional anxiety is portrayed as the rule. AL bites into: why critics love to hate food allergy.