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Planning Your Next Vacation with Allergies and Asthma Getting ready for a fun summer vacation requires a little extra preparation if you or someone in the family has allergies or asthma. But that [...]

   So, what exactly is an allergen? Our immune system is supposed to keep us healthy by attacking dangerous pathogens, but the system can sometimes get overzealous and attempt to fight [...]

Mary loves her cat just as much as she does any other family member. Actually, there are times when she is sure that she loves her pet pal, Muffin, even more than most of the people she’s [...]

We talk to Exhale’s resident Allergist Dr. Paul Detjen, M.D. about stepping up your asthma treatment with the necessary step of allergen avoidance. To kick things off, let’s talk about [...]

Coughing is always unpleasant and can make daily life harder, but coughing is especially difficult when it refuses to go away.  A persistent cough can be so troublesome that it gets in the way of [...]

  Ah, summer…  It’s the time of year to slow down, to kick back and relax. Time for picnics and pool parties, summer camps and vacations…and a whole lot of wonderful food. But not so fast. [...]

Asthma Awareness Month Hi, I’m Doctor Priya Bansal, Allergy and Immunology. I’m coming to you today again, as part of Asthma Awareness Month, to try to bring some light into the connection [...]

Cold or Allergies? How Do You Know? If you’re sniffling and sneezing and are wondering if this is another bad allergy season or a pesky cold, you’re not alone. Determining the cause [...]

The mighty mite. While dust mites might sound like really scary and disgusting things but they are actually a normal part of our environment. They live of off flakes of our skin when they fall [...]