Most difficult place to live with allergies in 2012
Knoxville, TN, topped the list as the most difficult place to live with allergies in the Asthma and Allergy Foundation’s Fall Allergy Roundup in 2011, and it has taken the #1 spot for spring allergies...
View ArticleImproved asthma and allergy symptoms in Alaska?
My daughter suffers from severe environmental allergies and also has allergy and virus induced asthma. The heat and humidity here creates significant struggles for her. The deepest part of winter is...
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Valley Fever in Arizona, California, Texas, Mexico, Central and South America
Valley Fever distribution-see green areas on map|WikipediaCalled “The Devil in the Dust” in the April, 2012, issue of St. Joseph’s Magazine, Valley Fever is caused by the coccidioides fungi species...
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Duration of current pollen season
I am interested in finding out what are the projected duration of the current pollen season and it’s expected intensity. Since the warmer than normal winter and spring so far has caused an early launch...
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Yellow pollen powder leaves behind tendrils and cones
Photo courtesy Dianna Harvey Williams. Used by permissionEarlier this month I opened my front door and thought, Oh no! It’s here again! My porch and car were covered with yellow powder. A misty rain...
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Fourth warmest winter 2011-2012: Where does your community rank?
Many attribute our early and intense spring allergy season to our 2011-2012 warm winter. The National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) recently announced that winter 2011-2012 was the fourth...
View ArticleSacramento allergies milder than last year, expected to intensify
Not everyone is experiencing the brutal allergy season many have had this year… yet! On Friday, April 27, Capital Public Radio in Sacramento, CA, reported that “this season isn’t nearly as bad as last...
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Some pollens-even from the same plant species-respond more agressivelyy
Birch (Betula pendula) male catkins, Finland. Courtesy Miika Silfverberg. Click for info.The European Hialine study revealed that not only are people allergic to different pollens, but some pollens,...
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Urban areas promote food as well as respiratory allergies
Urban area: Reading, PA, courtesy Nicholas_T on Flickr. Click photo for usage rights.We’ve known for a long time that air pollution and smog of urban areas can trigger respiratory allergies. A new...
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Eczema better in in southeast asia and MD, worse in NYC subway
Broad Channel Station, IND Rockaway Line of the NYC SubwayI grew up in south east asia and had eczema off and on but during college it mostly disappeared. I moved to Maryland after college and my...
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