Childhood Allergies

Seasonal Allergies Take One Mother's Breath Away

Susan Weissman | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Asthma, Parenting, Childhood Allergies, Food Allergies, Pollution and Asthma, Allergies, Healthy Living News
Susan Weissman

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.

Read Post

Food Allergy Deaths: Less Common Than You Think

Meredith Broussard | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Food Allergies, Childhood Allergies, Personal Health, Peanuts, Health, Allergies, Faan, Harpers, Meredith Broussard, Harpers Food Allergies, Healthy Living News
Meredith Broussard

Only eleven people died from food allergies in 2005, the last year for which we have data available. More people died from lawnmower accidents.

Read Post

When Courage And Conscience Collide

Robyn O'Brien | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Child Healthcare, Adhd, Food Allergies, Food's Erin Brockovich, Organic Food, Childhood Allergies, Health, Toxins, Healthy Living News
Robyn O'Brien

I had been raised to support the system, to believe in it, and certainly to never speak out. Activism was something that "radicals" did, not conservative soccer moms. But everywhere I turned, there were sick children.

Read Post

Unearthed: News of the Week the Mainstream Media Forgot to Report

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Brendan DeMelle | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bp, Exxon Mobil, Donald Rumsfeld, Pepper Spray, Traffic Pollution, VA Chantix, Dick Cheney, Shell Oil, Iraq War Veteran, Childhood Allergies, Peak Oil, Democratic National Convention Denver, Blackwater Iraq, Clean Technology, Ptsd, No-Bid Contracts, Global Warming, Sharia, Media News
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Brendan DeMelle

Government report links extreme weather to global warming, traffic pollution to childhood allergies, Denver Police stockpiling pepper weapons and Rumsfeld got torture advice from Army psychologists.

Read Post