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51. Tick Bites Linked to Red Meat Allergy
    
    Aug. 13, 2014 -- Bites from a certain type of tick can make people allergic to red meat, according to experts. As Lone Star ticks have spread from the Southwest to the East Coast of the United States, the number of people suffering an allergic reaction after eating red meat has increased, CBS News r
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52. iPads Can Trigger Nickel Allergies in Kids
    
    By E.J. Mundell HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, July 14, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- When an 11-year-old boy in San Diego developed a nasty skin allergy, doctors traced it to the nickel in his family's iPad. They also found a quick and easy solution -- cover the iPad's metal surfaces with a form-fitting cas
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53. Too-Clean Homes May Encourage Child Allergies
    
    By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, June 6, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- Cleanliness may be next to godliness, but a home that's too clean can leave a newborn child vulnerable to allergies and asthma later in life, a new study reports. Infants are much less likely to suffer from allergies or w
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54. Got Hay Fever? New Tablets vs. Allergy Shots
    
    April 24, 2014 -- As many as 4 in 10 Americans have sneezing, runny nose, and watery eyes due to allergies. If you’re one of them, allergy shots can help ease your reaction to the plants, insects, or animals that trigger your symptoms. But they require multiple doctor visits over years. That’s one r
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55. Ragwitek Approved for Adult Ragweed Allergy
    
    By Scott Roberts HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, April 18, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- Ragwitek has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat allergy to short ragweed among adults aged 18 to 65. The once-daily tablet contains an extract from short ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia) poll
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56. Stress Tied to Worse Allergy Symptoms
    
    By Robert Preidt HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, April 18, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- Stress may trigger symptom flare-ups in people with seasonal allergies, a new study suggests. Researchers followed 179 people with hay fever for 12 weeks, and found that 39 percent of them had more than one flare-up. Thos
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57. FDA OKs New Grass-Allergy Drug
    
    April 15, 2014 -- For people with grass allergies who don't want allergy shots, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved an alternative: the grass pollen allergy drug Grastek. This immunotherapy treatment -- the second approved by the FDA this month -- is a daily pill developed by Me
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58. The Truth About Mucus
    
    Mucus is something everyone has, and some people wish they had a lot less of the stringy, gooey stuff. Sure, it can be gross to blow globs of snot into tissue after tissue when you have a cold or sinus infection, but mucus actually serves a very important purpose. "Mucus is incredibly important for
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59. FDA Approves Under-the-Tongue Hay Fever Pill
    
    By Robert Preidt HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, April 2, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- Just in time for the spring allergy season, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved a new under-the-tongue pill to treat hay fever caused by certain grass pollens. Oralair is the first under-the-tong
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60. Spring Allergy Outlook
    
    March 27, 2014 -- A bitterly cold winter followed by a sudden spring warm-up might spell massive misery if you have allergies. “When pollen has been held up by cold weather, you can get a flood of pollen as the weather warms up,” says allergy researcher Kraig Jacobson, MD. “And that may indeed be ha
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