Selection of My Twitter Favorites, Edition 5
Twitter is a microblogging service where people answer the question What are you doing? via 140-character messages from their cellphone, l...

Consider Yourself a Gym Rat?
Photo Credit: Thang NguyenHow often do you workout?Daily? Weekly? Seasonally?Folks who head to the fitness club frequently are called gym ra...

Make Halloween Trick-or-Treat Safe for Kids with Allergies
Just a couple more weeks and it's Halloween once again. Time for trick-or-treating and it ought to be fun! But what if there are kids with f...

The beautiful flower of Internet conversation: how many petals do you have?
This is an excerpt from one of the new blogs I subscribed to, The 28-Hour-Day diet, by an Australian ER physician:There are an exponentially...

The Top Ten Cosmetic Skin Irritants
Learn from the Left Brain How many of you Beauty Brains faithful have experienced some kind of temporary skin rash, reddening, or itchines...

A Medical Intuitive? My Intuition Says No.
Medical science advances by slow and patient testing of thousands of people over years. Even the, results sometimes contradict each other be...

Food Allergies: Some Annoying; Others Life-Threatening
People with more severe reactions to food can experience difficulty breathing, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, and anaphylaxis....

Halloween Safety Tips...Part II
The checklist had some great ideas for parents who want to be prepared; however, I also e-mailed our achoo! Allergy parents to see if we cou...

FDA Approves Nasacort AQ for Children 2-5 Years Old
Based on the results of trials, the FDA has approved the use of Nasacort AQ for the treatment of nasal symptoms associated with seasonal and...