There are 26,000 food poisoning cases per 100,000 Americans, every year (an eye-popping 26% of the population). Compare that to only 3,400 cases in the UK, or 1,200 in France.

Whatever the cause, it's clear that the number of children with food allergies has gone up 18 percent and the number seeking treatment for food allerg...

Today, health care spending represents 17% of our GDP, but perhaps it is time that we view our children as more than just a sales channel for Big Pharma's money making medicine.

We consume more pharmaceutical drugs than any other country, and we consume more chemicals in our food supply than the cows in France. Our lives have been devalued.

Let's call them The Allergy Generation. They are the approximate two million children in the U.S. who are growing up with life-threatening food allergies.

Hope is the knowledge that change is possible, even when it seems hard to imagine. In a world that feels like it has been thrown into a cuisinart, there are so many opportunities to be part of the solution.

We've got 80,000 chemicals in our everyday products here in the US, but the EPA has required testing on only 200 of them. Is it any wonder that the health of American children is under siege?

This concept of using small doses of what might cause a problem in order to help prevent or heal the person is an ancient observation of healers/physicians all over the world, and it is the basis for homeopathy.

In 1946, Harry Truman said, "A nation is only as healthy as its children." What have we done to ours?

For allergies, doctors recommend irrigating the sinus cavity with a mild saline solution. One option is to snort warm salt water from cupped hands, bu...

Sneezing and wheezing may stamp out those flames of desire. A new study reveals that allergies could be getting in the way of amorous activities....

Swimming in a chlorinated pool may boost the odds that a child susceptible to asthma and allergies will develop these problems, a study indicates....

I have come to recognize that there are three therapies that stand above others in helping to reduce the burden of many chronic illnesses.

There are precautions to take with any invasive procedure. These are some things to keep in mind when undergoing tissue sampling.

As headlines swirl and climates whirl/ And Wall Street finds its feet/ There's one refrain that doesn't change/ "Mommy, what's there to eat?"

I think that nourishing food is a key component in good health. But I believe the Hygiene Hypothesis supports a more likely cause for autoimmune conditions.

Studies have demonstrated that a reasonable percentage of pet owners who allow their pets in bed have sleep problems.

My son, Eden, was three years old before he revealed the limits of his lungs (read: allergic asthma.) It happened after what already seemed like a lifetime of severe food allergies.

As you crusade for the health of our children, please know that mothers around the country stand beside you. Our collective abilities can and will bring the change that our children deserve.

f you are experiencing itchy eyes, a dry, raspy throat, sneezing, sinus headaches and tiredness, and it's spring, chances are you have seasonal allerg...

Today dogs are getting more attention than the most pampered movie star and having their share of 'designer ailments' like allergies and anxieties.

To many employees, the workplace can be a source of irritation -- for reasons other than their boss, co-workers or paychecks. Something in your phy...