Tuesday, July 14 2026

How to Reduce or Avoid Summertime Skin Rashes

If you have skin allergies, summer is a common time for skin rash flare-ups, including atopic dermatitis (eczema) and urticaria (hives). These steps may help to reduce your symptoms or even avoid them altogether: 1. Beware of the sun. Hives can be triggered by heat or sweat. Drink plenty of fluids,  […]

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Wednesday, July 8 2026

How to Deal With Summer Allergy Triggers

It's summertime so it's natural that you and your family will be spending more time enjoying the warm weather and sunshine. But for those who suffer from summer allergies, the season can bring multiple triggers. Here are some tips to help you better manage those allergy triggers.

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Tuesday, June 30 2026

Air Pollution May Significantly Worsen Respiratory Allergies

As if the sneezing and watery eyes were not bad enough, researchers have found that airborne components of diesel engine exhaust significantly worsen allergy symptoms in people with a certain genetic makeup. Researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California and the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA have found that genetic characteristics seen in about half the population leave allergy-sufferers particularly susceptible to the effects of diesel particles.

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Monday, June 15 2026

Nasal Allergies Affect Quality of Life, Job Performance

Most nasal-allergy patients suffer with symptoms year-around that significantly affect their quality of life and performance on the job, consequences that are mostly ignored in the management of allergy patients, according to a survey of patients and healthcare providers.

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Wednesday, June 3 2026

Medications That Relieve Allergy Symptoms in Children

Your child's allergy treatment should start with your pediatrician, who may refer you to a pediatric allergy specialist for additional evaluations and treatments.

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Tuesday, May 26 2026

Is Your Cough Allergy-Related?

Allergies may be the cause of your lingering, nagging cough. A cough is the body's way of ridding mucus and foreign particles, such as allergens or postnasal drip, from the throat and respiratory tract. Coughing is a common symptom of seasonal allergic rhinitis, also known as hayfever, and it is the most common respiratory symptom for which patients seek medical attention, according to the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (AAAAI).

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Wednesday, May 13 2026

Treatment for Allergy Symptoms

Doctors use three general approaches to helping people with allergies: advise them on ways to avoid the allergen as much as possible, prescribe medication to relieve symptoms, and give a series of allergy shots. Although there is no cure for allergies, one of these strategies or a combination of them can provide varying degrees of relief from allergy symptoms.

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Tuesday, April 28 2026

Why Eczema So Often Begins in Childhood

A team of researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Weill Cornell Medicine, and other institutions have uncovered a key biological explanation for why eczema so often starts in childhood. The study, in young mice, found that some types of immune cells in early-life skin are more  […]

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