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Smoking is extremely damaging to the health of both the smoker and those around him or her. Still, even if smoking can cause lung cancer and pulmonary diseases, and decrease the response time of the immune system when dealing with infections, it can also prevent allergies, a new study comes to show, as quoted by Scie... |
20 May 2009
15:41 GMT |
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Many women and men are dealing with the problem of the unaesthetic dark circles under the eyes. While for the former, a short-term solution can be found in a good concealer, this is not tackling the problem to its roots. One reason for dark circles could be seasonal allergies, as Men’s Health points out, and th... |
6 May 2009
16:11 GMT |
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Seasonal allergies affect about 20 percent of the US population, research has shown. As it must already be known, they manifest by sneezing, itchy eyes and nose, and sinus congestion. Of these people, another 25 percent also suffer from oral allergy syndrome (OAS), which is not the same with food allergy, but does co... |
28 April 2009
16:41 GMT |
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Following a recently published Norwegian research, which found a moderate connection between C-section births and asthma, the new Swiss study proved that the two were indeed tightly linked, especially if the parents were both highly allergic to various pathogens or had had an asthma history in the past. The respirato... |
2 December 2008
06:26 GMT |
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Some foods are very dangerous to human health, if they contain allergens that people eating them are sensible to. Ingesting fish or fruit for instance can cause anaphylaxis, which, if left untreated, can cause death. With this in mind, a European team set out to discover a cure for the symptoms of allergies, a treatm... |
1 December 2008
08:15 GMT |
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A recent study by the British Association of Dermatologists has recently identified an allergic skin condition that it named “mobile phone dermatitis.” According to the study, the frequent use of the phone, besides running up users bill, can cause a rash to break out on the zones where the device comes in... |
17 October 2008
04:16 GMT |
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The dog may be man's best friend, but sometimes this can be true in ways you would not have expected. A new research published in the European Respiratory Journal shows that young kids having a pet dog may have a stronger immune system that could protect them against asthma and other allergies. The team, led by ... |
7 May 2008
04:38 GMT |
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Allergy is the most common chronic disease in Europe, where the latest statistical data show that about 80 million adults suffer from some form of allergy, and there's a good chance that by 2015, that number will double. The trouble with allergies is that they can become present in a thousand different ways, app... |
23 April 2008
04:36 GMT |
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We used to sleep on bed mattresses made of more or less natural untreated stuff. But now, they tell you that you ain't cool, man, if you do not have a visco-elastic polyurethane foam (also called memory foam) mattress. They say this is the technological revolution in your bed, the Star Trek dream in your bedroom... |
22 January 2008
04:44 GMT |
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In a world of plastics and food additives, there's no wonder we're experiencing a boom in baby allergies. Breastfeeding may help avoid some baby allergies, but scientific researches have not really come with solid proofs that by avoiding certain foods during pregnancy, employing soy formula or nurturing the... |
8 January 2008
04:51 GMT |
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We live in a world of synthetic chemicals. They are found from our food to all the objects around us. Many of them are toxic. And some can trigger what is called Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS). For example, you may say you live in a healthy countryside, but the pesticides they throw in the neighboring crop field... |
18 December 2007
14:06 GMT |
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Sore eyes, weeping, sneezing all day, constant nasal flow and difficult breathing. What's happening to you? Maybe it's just a cold, but if the symptoms appear when there is pollen around you, then it could be the hay fever, known also as seasonal allergic rhinitis. If this is the case, you should know there... |
30 October 2007
14:51 GMT |
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They put the blame on cannabis for many things: from madness and early aging to fetal malformations. But cannabis is used in some therapies as well and now it has been found to decrease allergic skin reactions. This discovery could lead to the development of new drugs based on tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), cannabis... |
8 June 2007
16:36 GMT |
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Can't you enjoy certain foods or do they cause adverse reactions? Do they induce you headaches, digestion problems, flatulence, arthritis and overweight?In this case, the ALCAT test could help you. This is an analytic probe, which investigates how each organism metabolizes the food. It is based on the blood ana... |
28 May 2007
11:21 GMT |
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In an effort to relieve the city from pollen infestation, Beijing's female poplar trees will receive "sex change operations" in order to stop them from producing flying pollen. The air-borne pollen is overwhelming the city, increasing and worsening allergy and asthma problems amongst Beijing citizens. The techni... |
30 April 2007
06:13 GMT |
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You know the specific chemical plastic aroma emitted by any new car...These odors are regularly emitted from plastics, synthetic fabrics, upholstery, carpets, adhesives, paints, cleaning materials and other sources and are volatile organic chemicals. Only a small percentage of these volatile organic molecules are obv... |
10 April 2007
04:31 GMT |
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