Allergy News
Your Allergy Meds Could Be Making You Fat
Allergy season is upon us, and the record pollen levels we're experiencing this year may have you heading to the allergy relief aisle at your local drugstore. But what you take to alleviate your symptoms could have unpleasant side effects on your waistline. Researchers have suggested that allergies and weight gain go hand in hand, and that could have to do with the drugs you take or more subtle underlying problems. Click on the headline to read more.
Do Allergy Medicines Stop Working?
One of the downsides of using symptom-based medications to treat allergies is that they may lose effectiveness over time as your body adjusts to them. Read more.
Allergies Can Affect Kids' Grades
A Washington Post reports that, in a study of children who took tests during winter (non-allergy season) and summer (peak allergy season), children who exhibited symptoms of allergic rhinitis were 40 percent more likely to have dropped at least a grade on the exams in the summer. Read more.
Common Causes of Allergies and Asthma at School
Allergic rhinitis and asthma are two of the most common chronic diseases of children, and both cause a significant amount of missed school days and reduced ability to learn when at school. Symptoms can worsen at school in both students and teachers. Read more.
Oral Allergy Immunotherapy Helps Control Asthma
Oral allergy immunotherapy -- in the form of drops or tablets -- is effective at reducing asthma symptoms and the need for asthma medications in children who have what's known as allergic asthma, a new study finds. Read more from this Drugs.com story.
Come Autumn, Ragweed Will Stick Around Longer
Spring allergies may be around the corner, but it's ragweed, that late-summer scourge, that's making headlines. A study has documented that the season for ragweed, the most debilitating of plant allergens, is lengthening in North America. Read more.
Allergies.Alltop is the Ultimate Source of Allergy News
This website gathers current allergy information from 27 news sites and blogs. It displays headlines from all of these sites in organized tables and, if you scroll over the headlines, you can read the stories' first paragraph and decide if you want to read more. If so, just click on the links.
Allergy Information Links
Johns Hopkins Doctor Discusses the Pros and Cons of Sublingual Immunotherapy
In a nine-minute an audio podcast, Dr. Sandra Lin, M.D., an assistant professor of otolaryngology-head and neck surgery at Johns Hopkins, discusses the pros and cons of sublingual immunotherapy .
Allergy tv on WebMD
This informational collection of videos covers many aspects of allergies, including: Allergies 101, Understanding Chronic Allergies, Allergies or Cold?, Allergies and Your City, and more.
eMedTV
This website also contains a group of informative allergy videos, with topics such as: Types of Allergies, Allergy Season, Living with Allergies, and others.
About.com - Allergies
About.com features videos and additional information about allergies, including coping, symptom/diagnosis and other topics.
Oral Allergy Syndrome
For many people with hay fever, eating cantaloupe can cause itching or hives in their mouths. Eating uncooked apples may do the same to people with birch pollen allergy. This phenomenon, called Oral Allergy Symptom, is widespread. Click to learn more.
Allergies on Wikipedia
This site offers extensive, in-depth information. Please note that the image of skin testing on the the back on this page does NOT reflect the skin-testing system used by AllerVision, which is MUCH simpler yet exteremly effective at revealilng allergic reactions.
Pollen.com
Pollen for trees, grass and weeds is the allergy trigger for many people, and pollen.com offers daily local and national pollen forecasts. For this to be of utmost value, allergy sufferers need to know specifically what they are allergic to and that requires an allergy test.
AllerVision
If you have not already visited the "Allergy Causes & Symptoms" page on this website, a trip there will reveal symptoms many people do not readily associate with allergies, information on allergy causes, and a U.S. map that shows common environmental allergens by region, including photos and seasons in bloom.
American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology
The College is a professional association of 5,500 allergist/immunologists and allied health professionals dedicated to improving the quality of patient care in allergy and immunology through research, advocacy and professional and public education.
World Allergy Organization
Whether you are a health professional, a person with allergies, or a caregiver to someone with allergies, WAO's Allergic Diseases Resource Center has something for you.
Treating Anaphylaxis
In some people, certain allergic reactions are severe and even life-threatening. This link takes you to the home page for EpiPen for instructions on how to use their epinepherine auto-injector to stop severe reactions fast.
AllerVision Partners
ifbyphone.com
AllerVision uses, represents and recommends ifbyphone, which provides extensive telelphony services including voice broadcasting, virtual receptionist, click-to-call and more.
Giles Communications
A national PR firm with experience promoting companies ranging from regional medical centers to major international corporations, Giles represents AllerVision and offers our clients affordable PR service to promote their allergy program and/or other services.
Go Direct Merchant Services
GO DIRECT offers a full line of electronic payments and merchant service products and solutions. AllerVision recommends GO DIRECT to medical clinics to easily process regular payments for sublingual drops and other cash-based transactions.
Cwener Studios
Jay Cwener (pronounced "shway ner") is a video director/cameraman and photographer. AllerVision recommends him for his excellent work and service level. Samples of his work can be seen on his website and on the AllerVision video.
