The count-down to large holiday gatherings has begun offering a perfect time to clear up some misinformation about allergies, especially the food-related ones, that can mar the festive season. It’s not only your second-cousin once-removed who doesn’t get the fact her dog makes your kid wheeze or that a flu …
What’s for dinner? Apparently too much food according to a new study published in Pediatrics showing many babies are eating rather than simply drinking their dinners. Although the American Academy of Pediatrics now recommends parents introduce solids after 6 months a few years ago when 1,334 mothers participated in a national survey conducted by the Centers for …
Dirt is good for the immune system? There’s been speculation the rise of autoimmune disorders, allergies, and asthma may be due to our super clean living conditions – otherwise known as “the hygiene hypothesis”. Jane E. Brody dishes on the role of dirt in building healthy immune systems in her …
Some smart doctors think we may be getting too hyped up over peanut and other nut allergies. Okay, at least one smart doctor, Nicholas A. Christakis over at Harvard says in a recent British Medical Journal column (This Allergies Hysteria Is Just Nuts) that our culture of nut-free tables and …
Young children and pregnant women should avoid fish because of unsafe mercury levels. Young women and pregnant women should eat fish because of the supposed effect of fatty-acids on brain development. Yes, government officials are reconsidering these two statements above..with the FDA saying the risks from mercury might not be …