allergies

One Saturday afternoon at a backyard cookout, St. Louis, Missouri, architect Dan Rosenberg enjoyed a cheeseburger – a food he’d enjoyed many times…

Babies who ate the equivalent of about 4 heaping teaspoons of peanut butter weekly were about 80 percent less likely to develop a peanut allergy by their fifth birthday. So finds a landmark new study.

Over-the-counter remedies can help a lot if your stuffy, drippy nose is caused by allergies, new guidelines say. Acupuncture might help, too, but there's no evidence that herbal remedies do a thing.

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Dr. Kristin Hoffmann: When people actually present to a dermatologist they will have a fairly wide spread eruption of streaky linear very itchy dermatitis…

At present, no treatment exists for nut allergies, so researchers at the U.S. Department of Agriculture have shifted their focus. Instead of treating people, they're trying to treat the nut.

From dealing with cavities to high blood pressure to developing resilience, being a kid can be tough these days. Sound Medicine producers pulled their…