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Allergy Season Falls upon Region
The dry weather has kept pollen counts low, but other allergens may affect allergy sufferers.
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Fall’s arrival is good time to understand allergies
If you get itchy after being around horses, break out in hives after eating seafood or sneeze when you’re outside in a grassy meadow, it’s easy to figure out what substance your body doesn’t like. But many times, the source of our suffering may not be apparent.
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High pine nut prices leave salad lovers lamenting
The snowpack that nourishes pine trees gradually in the spring and early summer is vanishing because of the warmer weather patterns.
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Scottsdale group aims to transform vacant spaces into art venues
Scottsdale Public Art is transforming the city’s vacant retail spaces into a window of opportunity for struggling landlords and artists. Public Art is soliciting ideas from Valley artists to outfit the vacant windows, shops and breezeways of the Scottsdale Arts District with art. The landlords are donating the space.
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50 mn-year-old sunflower evokes memories of Van Gogh painting
London, Sep 24 : The bold strokes and colours vividly remind one of Vincent van Gogh’s renowned sunflower paintings.
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Desirable daisies deceive male flies with sex offer
London, Sep 22 : Scientists have found that a South African daisy offers promises of sex to deceive male insects into spreading more of its pollen.
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SANYO Adds Air Quality to Health Regimen with Air Purification System that Suppresses Airborne Germs and Bacteria …
SANYO Air Washer Plus Uses Electrolyzed Water Technology and True HEPA Filter for Home Use
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Early bloomer: Ancient sunflower fossil colors picture of Eocene flora
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September is rough going
Eight-year-old Trenton Bales has had asthma since he was a baby.
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Hand washing, vaccine best ways to ward off seasonal illness
We’re starting to hear the sneezes and coughs, which means one thing: Flu season is approaching.Unlike most illnesses, symptoms of the flu usually come on suddenly.Citizen Patriot | J. Scott ParkItems found at most grocery stores can be used to…
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Hospitals brace for flu season
VietNamNet Bridge – Paediatricians are warning that children are at greater risk of picking up viruses when the weather changes in Autumn.
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5 questions: ‘Tis the Season
Ragweed can be found along rural roadsides, and the flower’s pollen spreads each summer and fall to make life miserable for allergy-sufferers. The Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America answers questions about ragweed.
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September Asthma Epidemic Lurks: Parents of Asthmatics Should Take Time to Prepare
PORTAGE, Mich.—-Next week, Thursday could be the worst day of the year for people with asthma. If past experience holds, on September 23 there will be 3 times more asthma-related deaths and 4 times more asthma-related hospitalizations than on any other day of the year.
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A Guide to Kids’ Colds and Allergies in NYC
It’s that time of year again—the time when kids go back to school and show us how well they share (by doing so with their germs).
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Asthma sufferers weary of September
Seventeen days after Labor Day – tomorrow – has historically been one of the worst days for Americans with asthma.
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Let’s get started: ArtPrize 2010 kicks off today in downtown Grand Rapids
“The success of ArtPrize last year was overwhelming,” said Young Kim, a Korean-born artist from North Carolina who was awarded a prize last year and returns to compete this year.
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Cool, rainy weather aggravates allergies
Temperatures drop, gold- and red-colored leaves appear and, for those with fall allergies, noses run. If you’re one of the sniffling, you might want to stock up on antihistamines. With the rainy and cool mornings, allergens are in full swing in Northwest Missouri, and there are lot of allergy-prone people out there.
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Thomas Jefferson inspires 2 corn dishes
There is still a little fresh corn out there, both in our garden and at the market. It has been a remarkable growing year and our new garden gave us lots of corn …
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Just Breathe With Sara Triest
The respiratory consultant offers strategies on diagnosing and surviving allergies and asthma. by Anneli Rufus Having an asthma attack feels like drowning. Inflamed, swollen airways make breathing difficult as a sudden spike in mucus production overwhelms narrowed bronchial tubes.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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Bicycle automatic braking system, eye tracking system and GPIB screen saver win top honors for TI’s DesignStellaris 2010
AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 21 /PRNewswire/ — Showcasing how far Stellaris ARM® Cortex(TM)-M3-based microcontrollers (MCUs) can take designs, Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NYSE: TXN) today announced that Richard Wotiz’s innovative Bicycle ABS Brake System took top prize in the DesignStellaris 2010 contest. Commissioned to inspire technological advancement through healthy competition among …
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Press Release
Today Phadia announced that it has received FDA 510(k) clearance for two new, CLIA Moderate Complexity, EliA autoimmune antibody assays. The new assays will provide physicians with additional tools needed to aid in the diagnosis of Celiac disease.
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Food Intolerance Testing Can Help Ease Your Childs Eczema
For some people eczema is a mild inconvenience however for others and especially for children it can make life unbearable. Thankfully advances in food intolerance testing have meant that you can discover foods that may be causing your child’s eczema which can help you to alleviate their suffering.
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Eye on Health: Diet Allergy Triggers
When your allergies start up, you know the usual culprits: mold, ragweed, and weather changes that stir those things up. But there may be hidden food triggers making your runny nose and itchy eyes worse.
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Adding Lantus® to Oral Antidiabetic Drug Therapy Further Reduced Blood Sugar in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes
Sanofi-aventis announced today results of two studies presented at the European Association for the Study of Diabetes 46th Annual Meeting in Stockholm, Sweden.  The first pooled analysis using patient-level data from randomized clinical trials demonstrated that adding Lantus® to patients with type 2 diabetes, uncontrolled on oral antidiabetic drug therapy , was associated with a greater …
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How can I reduce my child’s allergy risk?
Allergic disorders are among the most common chronic childhood diseases. According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, asthma affects nearly 5 million American children, while allergies like hay fever, food allergies and eczema, affect about 50 million.
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Sanofi-aventis: Adding Lantus(R) to Oral Antidiabetic Drug Therapy Further Reduced Blood Sugar in Patients With Type 2 …
Sanofi-aventis announced today results of two studies presented at the European Association for the Study of Diabetes 46th Annual Meeting in Stockholm, Sweden. The first pooled analysis using patient-level data from randomized clinical trials demonstrated that adding Lantus (insulin glargine injection) to patients with type 2 diabetes, uncontrolled on oral antidiabetic drug therapy , was …
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IBS Treatment Center in Seattle Moves to New Building
After 5 years in the First HIll area of downtown Seattle, the IBS Treatment Center is moving to a newly constructed building in the north Seattle medical district. Patients will benefit from free garage parking, street level entry, easier traffic, and a new clinic facility.
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