Neti Pot for Allergies: Does It Work, and How to Use One Safely
A neti pot rinses your nasal passages with salt water (saline), washing out mucus and allergens like pollen. A Cochrane review found...
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Ozone and Asthma: How Smog Affects Your Lungs and What to Do on Bad Air Days
Ground-level ozone, often called smog, is a powerful lung irritant. The EPA says it can cause coughing and a scratchy throat, inflame...
High-Fat Meals and Asthma: What a Fast-Food Study Found
A single high-fat, fast-food style meal increased airway inflammation and blunted the effect of a rescue inhaler in people with asthma, according...
Christmas Tree Allergies: Why Your Tree Makes You Sneeze and What to Do
If your nose starts running soon after the tree goes up, mold may be the reason. A study by pediatricians at SUNY...
Holiday Allergies: A Checklist for Trees, Candles, Food and Travel
The holidays pack a lot of allergy triggers into a few weeks: a tree that may carry mold, decorations that sat in...
Flying With a Food Allergy: How to Plan a Safer Flight
Flying with a peanut, tree nut or other food allergy takes some planning, because you can’t control what other passengers eat or...
Are Humidifiers Good for Eczema? How to Use One Without Making Allergies Worse
A humidifier can help eczema, especially in winter. Mayo Clinic lists using a humidifier among its self-care steps for atopic dermatitis, because...
Can Birth Control Cause Allergies? What the Research Shows
People ask this question in two ways: can birth control cause an allergic reaction in the person using it, and can taking...
Chemicals in Crib Mattresses: What Parents Should Know About VOCs and Allergies
New crib mattresses release volatile organic compounds (VOCs), and babies breathe close to the mattress surface for many hours a day. A...
Spray Cleaners and Asthma: What the Research Shows and How to Clean Safer
Using household cleaning sprays regularly has been linked to new asthma in adults. In a European study that followed more than 3,500...
Nail Polish Allergy and the “Toxic Trio”: What’s Actually in Your Polish
Nail polish can cause allergic reactions, and they often show up somewhere unexpected: on the eyelids, face or neck, wherever polished nails...
Is Arsenic in Food? Where It Comes From and How to Lower Your Exposure
Yes, small amounts of arsenic are found in some foods, because it occurs naturally in soil and water and plants take it...