Allergy Bites: Tasty Nuggets for Preventing Allergies

    Dr. Greene's take on preventing allergies... Many parents still hear the advice that it's better to wait to introduce fish to babies until their first birthdays, or even their second. I disagree! And …

    Food Allergies A Bigger Problem Than Previously Reported
    Food Allergies A Bigger Problem Than Previously Reported

    Dr. Greene's take on the increase in food allergies... If it seems like nowadays there's someone in every school classrooms with a food allergy, that's because almost 1 in 12 kids today have food alle…

    Cats, Dogs, Allergies, and Asthma
    Cats, Dogs, Allergies, and Asthma

    Because allergies to pets are common, people long assumed that exposure to pets made allergies more likely. A number of studies have turned this assumption upside down. The August 2003 Pediatrics Syno…

    Preventing Allergies
    Preventing Allergies

    It's peak allergy season in many areas, with spring trees still pumping out millions of grains of pollen each day and the summer grasses already starting to contribute their share. Sneezing, running n…

    Allergy Prevention
    Allergy Prevention

    Our understanding of allergies continues to change. Evidence continues to mount that some allergies may be connected to overly clean environments (the "hygiene hypothesis"). (more…)…

    Allergy Testing
    Allergy Testing

    Most people think of specific allergies as black and white -- something you either have or you don't. A study published in the January 2002 issue of the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Ca…

    Spectacular Allergy Prevention
    Spectacular Allergy Prevention

    Dr. Greene's take on allergy prevention... Beneficial bacteria may prevent allergies. The April 7, 2001 issue of the prestigious journal, The Lancet, contains a study of 132 children who were at high …