Canada’s food regulator has issued a recall for two products after a Vancouver teenager had a severe allergic reaction to cookies containing peanuts not listed as an ingredient on the label.
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Some EpiPens, used to treat life-threatening allergic reaction, in short supply
The Canadian distributor of the EpiPen says there is a shortage of one size of the emergency treatment for people at risk of life-threatening allergic reactions.
Are YOU allergic to your christmas tree? Symptoms include CHEST PAINS
BEING allergic to a Christmas tree – dubbed Christmas tree syndrome – is a condition that causes wheezing, coughs, sore eyes, and potentially life–threatening asthma attacks. Daily Express :: Health Feed
Are YOU allergic to your christmas tree? Symptoms include CHEST PAINS
Living with a forest fir tree for a number of weeks could lead to Christmas tree syndrome. Mould can grow on Christmas trees, which are released as spores into the home. The spores can cause a number of symptoms, similar to hay fever. In asthma patients, the spores could lead to lethal asthma attacks, according […]
Edmonton worker allergic to walnuts dies after inhaling particles at worksite
An Edmonton man is dead after he went into anaphylactic shock on a worksite where sandblasting was taking place with a walnut-based product. CBC | Health News
Aggressive tick whose bite makes people allergic to red meat is arriving in Canada
A tick species from the southeastern U.S, known to cause meat allergies, is hitching rides north. CBC | Health News
Some kids may be sensitive or allergic to certain sunscreen ingredients, doctors say
It’s summer, the kids are out of school, and that means getting them outside. But such activities also mean exposure to the sun and the damage its penetrating rays can do to children’s tender and vulnerable skin. CBC | Health News
Mom scrambling to find drug that prevents life-threatening allergic reaction
A mother from Lower Sackville, N.S., is desperately searching for a medication that helps prevent her son from going into anaphylactic shock, but a shortage of the product means he only has a few pills left. CBC | Health News
Blackhawks veteran might have to give up hockey because of an allergic reaction to his equipment
Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images Chicago Blackhawks veteran Marian Hossa will not play during the 2017-18 NHL season due to a skin condition he suffers from and the side effects of the medication he takes to treat it. The skin condition is reportedly being caused by an allergic reaction to his hockey equipment. “Over the course of the […]
New advice if you are allergic to tree nuts
If you’re allergic to one kind of tree nut you may not be allergic to all of them. @NightshiftMD has a new study and some important new advice. CBC | Health News
