Archive for April, 2009

 

Side Effects Of Chantix For Smoking Cessation No Worse With Depression History

April 2nd, 2009

People with a likely history of depression who take varenicline (Chantix®) do not report more severe mood symptoms, medication side effects, or less success quitting smoking compared to people with no history of depression taking this drug.
The findings by Group Health, Free & Clear, and SRI International researchers are reported in a Journal of General […]

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The Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network’s Annual Food Allergy Conference Comes To Baltimore

April 2nd, 2009

For the millions of Americans with food allergies, the importance of being educated about food allergy and prepared to treat a reaction is not to be underestimated. On March 28, the first of the Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network’s (FAAN) 16th annual Food Allergy Conferences will be held in Baltimore, Md. The conference will help […]

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Spring Arrives And So Do Allergies

April 1st, 2009

After a bitterly cold and snowy winter, many look forward to the warmer, breezy, sunny days of this new season, but along with the arrival of spring come the dreaded itchy eyes, scratchy ears and throat and sneezing, all symptoms of allergies.
"Tree pollen blown around by the wind is the allergen people will react to […]

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