Allergy season nothing to sneeze at

If you are sneezing, coughing, have itchy swollen eyes and feel tired all the time, you’re in good company.

Week highlights major public health issue

Sheila Prutsman, of Griffith, with her 2½-year-old daughter, Charlee, who's allergic to numerous food items — wheat, soy, egg, egg whites, citrus and peanuts.

Week highlights major public health issue

Sheila Prutsman, of Griffith, holds her her 2½-year-old daughter, Charlee.

Week highlights major public health issue

Sheila Prutsman, of Griffith, talks with her 2½-year-old daughter, Charlee. Charlee Prutsman has severe food allergies, and the family keeps an epi-pen on hand in case she is in contact with peanuts or a variety of other foods that are dangerous to her.

Week highlights major public health issue

Sheila Prutsman, of Griffith, holds her 2½-year-old daughter, Charlee, who's allergic to numerous food items — wheat, soy, egg, egg whites, citrus and peanuts.

Healthy hair the natural way

In recent years, most Americans have made healthier food choices a part of their every day lives. But what about the products we put on our bodies?

A test that offers hope for allergy sufferers

I had tried everything, yet somehow the solution to my recent explosion of acne seemed to be entirely elusive. Little did I know that acne was only a symptom of a much greater problem, one that would slowly unravel, but not without complications.

CPS to spend $195,000 to stock schools with lifesaving Epi-pens

CHICAGO | Chicago Public Schools will be stocked with Epi-pens, a device to help students having severe allergic reactions.

Asthma rates on the rise

Asthma—that dangerous wheezing, coughing and tightness in the chest that affects some 17.5 million adults and 7.1 million children in the U.S.—is on the rise, according to CDC statistics. Since 1980, the number of children with asthma has more than doubled, but scientists and doctors are sti…

Food allergies: firstborns pay a heavy price for their ranking

Being a younger sibling may mean more hand-me-downs and fewer baby photos. But here's a compensating benefit: You're less likely than the firstborn to suffer a food allergy.

Nuts!

Ashton Verdoorn was born in Green Bay, Wis., home of the Packers. The budding football star's favorite player? Adrian Peterson of the Minnesota Vikings, the Packers' arch-rivals. Yet it all makes sense for the 8-year-old who moved to Sergeant Bluff, Iowa, four years ago with his single mom a…

Gluten-free has gone big time, but why so popular?

Gwyneth Paltrow gushes over gluten-free. Chelsea Clinton's wedding cake was baked without it. The new Old Spice guy avoids the ubiquitous protein to help stay buff. In fact, odds are good you too have tried — or at least encountered — a product with the gluten removed.

Better production comes from Green buildings

LOS ANGELES — Is where you work making you sick? A new study finds that employees who move from buildings with poor indoor environmental quality to more healthful "green" buildings may reap some benefits, including less absenteeism and higher productivity.

Hay fever season around corner, to hit pet allergy sufferers hard

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. | Allergy specialists are warning that hay fever season is about to begin and it could be hardest on people with pet allergies.