Allergies

Allergy danger prompts Country Crock products recall

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Unilever United States Inc. said on Friday it was voluntarily recalling certain Shedd's Country Crock chilled side-dish products because they may contain sulfites. People with an allergy or sensitivity to...

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Drug misuse on Minnesota dairy cows prompts federal warning

Two state farms were reprimanded for unsafe levels of antibiotics in animals. Maybe Two Minnesota cows that could have ended up on a dinner plate were pulled from slaughter lines after federal inspectors discovered dangerously...

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Naomi Klein: 'No Logo' Revisited

By Naomi Klein, Picador Press. Share and save this post: David Edwards, Muriel Kane Upcoming AlterNet stories on Digg The following is from the new introduction to the 10th Anniversary Edition of Naomi Klein's classic book, "No...

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Hypersensitivity Therapy: Researchers from University of Wurzburg describe findings in...

Research findings, 'Diagnostic testing in suspected fluoroquinolone hypersensitivity,' are discussed in a new report. "Because of their broad antibacterial activity in the gram-negative and gram-positive spectrum, high oral...

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ENTA opens new medical offices in Edison and Old Bridge

ENT and Allergy Associates LLP (ENTA) is pleased to announce a significant expansion of their practice, with the opening of 2 new locations-in Edison and Old Bridge, New Jersey. These State-of-the-art medical offices will serve...

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A/H1N1 flu vaccine withdrawn in Canada due to high number of allergic reactions

OTTAWA, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- About 170,000 doses of A/H1N1 flu vaccine are being withdrawn in Canada from Friday after health officials reported an unusually high number of allergic reactions. Health officials in the western...

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Sweet -- sugared polymer a new weapon against allergies and asthma

Scientists at Johns Hopkins and their colleagues have developed sugar-coated polymer strands that selectively kill off cells involved in triggering aggressive allergy and asthma attacks. For more than a decade, a team led by...

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Discovery of new type of immune cells regulating inflammation in chronic diseases

EUREKALERT Contact: Sven Winkler presse@helmholtz-muenchen.de Helmholtz Zentrum Mnchen - German Research Center for Environmental Health Th22 cells as milestone of immunological research This release is available in German. In...

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Batch of H1N1 vaccine recalled for severe reactions

Send us your questions on the H1N1 pandemic and we'll answer a selection. GlaxoSmithKline Inc., which is producing the Canadian order of H1N1 influenza vaccine at its plant in Ste-Foy, Que., said it asked provincial and...

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Thanksgiving Meal Tips for People With Food Allergies or Diabetes

It's OK to indulge a bit if you have diabetes, but advance preparation is key It's one thing to toss aside thoughts of calories and weight gain on Thanksgiving. Here is some Thanksgiving meal advice for people with special...

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