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What Does Climate Change Have to do with Your Allergies?

What Does Climate Change Have to do with Your Allergies?

Climate change—a change in the makeup of the world’s atmosphere or in regional climate trends that extend beyond the natural changes to the climate as measured over time. When climate change advocacy stepped onto centerstage in the 1990s, reactions varied. But today,...

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Do You Have Soy Allergies?

Do You Have Soy Allergies?

Soy allergy is one of the “Big 8” most common food allergies (alongside eggs, milk, wheat, fish, shellfish, tree nuts and peanuts). It can cause a host of reactions, ranging from mild to severe, and it can be difficult to avoid due to the prevalence of soy in our...

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How Allergy Drops Can Work When Shots Can’t

How Allergy Drops Can Work When Shots Can’t

Allergy shots were the OG of allergy treatment, but, in the words of Bob Dylan, “the times they are a-changin’.” In the mid-1980s, a new form of allergy immunotherapy, known as sublingual immunotherapy (SLIT), was developed. In Europe, SLIT is now prescribed at least...

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Exactly What Does the Pollen Count Tell You?

Exactly What Does the Pollen Count Tell You?

With spring in full swing, you may be thinking of your big plans to get out and enjoy the weather, but if you have allergies, that may be easier said than done. The air in spring is loaded with pollen that can make you miserable. Early in the season, pollen comes...

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My Four Most Memorable Success Stories

My Four Most Memorable Success Stories

My most rewarding allergy cases over my 30+ years in private allergy practice were the most challenging ones—the people who came to me after exhausting countless doctors, medications and even surgeries. Most were visibly defeated when they walked through my door the...

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Why It’s Important to Treat Kids’ Allergies Early

Why It’s Important to Treat Kids’ Allergies Early

So your child has allergies. Should you treat them aggressively? What are your options for pediatric allergy treatment? Do they need to be at a certain age to start treatment? Should you just leave it alone and hope that their allergies go away—then attack the problem...

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Another Sinus Infection?  Consider Allergy Testing

Another Sinus Infection? Consider Allergy Testing

It started as a runny nose, but it wouldn’t go away. Your nasal discharge changed from clear to thick green. You lost your sense of smell. Then came the familiar pain behind your eyes and cheekbones, and, man, does your head pound. It’s another sinus infection! You’ve...

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Does Asthma Have to Break the Bank?

Does Asthma Have to Break the Bank?

Asthma is on the rise—and we’re paying for it. According to researchers from the Centers for Disease Control, asthma sets the U.S. economy back more than $80 billion each year, and, in truth, this figure is probably too low because it doesn’t consider untreated...

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Can you Get the COVID-19 Vaccine if you Have Allergies?

Can you Get the COVID-19 Vaccine if you Have Allergies?

Remember when we all got sent home from work or school because of COVID-19 last March? You were in good company if you thought it would only last for a few weeks or months, and then we’d all be back to normal. After all, none of us have experienced anything like this...

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What’s the Worst Place to Live with Allergies?

What’s the Worst Place to Live with Allergies?

Allergies are everywhere. It used to be that people would move to the desert climate of the Southwest to escape allergies, but things have changed. In Phoenix, Arizona, for example, where AllergyEasy is based, the desert has been transformed. People who moved to the...

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Is This a Milk Allergy? Or Lactose Intolerance?

Is This a Milk Allergy? Or Lactose Intolerance?

Milk makes you sick, but you don’t know why. In this article, we’ll take a closer look at what could be causing your discomfort as we explore the difference between milk allergy and the more prevalent lactose intolerance. What is happening in my body? Milk allergy is...

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