Why do people have seasonal allergies
Ah, spring. Grass growing, flowers blooming, trees budding. For those with allergies, though, this explosion of new life probably inspires…
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Tree pollen allergies
It is commonly thought that hay fever and tree pollen allergies are only a problem in late Spring or the…
Allergies that start in adulthood
Adults who have never had allergies can suddenly develop asthma, eczema of food allergies long after they have left childhood…
Longer immunotherapy for hay fever
Immunotherapy, which was first trialled on hay fever patients in London in 1911, has an excellent record in helping reduce…
Eggs after weaning
Parents were once encouraged by health experts to avoid giving their weaned babies certain 'high risk' foods to reduce the risk of…
Asthma – are we too clean?
Allergic disease accounts for 10 per cent of the GP prescribing budget and the incidence of asthma has reached epidemic proportions. So…
Go nuts for allergies
Peanut allergy affects around one in 30 children (that's one child in each school class). We think that the rates of…
Old age beats pollen allergy
Now the hay fever season is upon us, millions of people will be coughing and sneezing and wiping their eyes.…
You don’t know what you’ve lost ‘til it’s gone…
Smell is a wonderful sense. It is intimately linked to our taste and our appreciation of foods and drinks. It…