Seasonal Concerns

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The seasonal risks in northern Michigan are diverse. Allergies throughout the year, extremes of temperature in summer and winter, and seasonal mood disorders and illnesses cause a variety of issues year-round. Use the information stored here to help you prevent and limit the effects of these seasonal concerns on yourself and your family.
 
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  • Many suffering from allergy symptoms with early warm-up 2010.04.07 It’s estimated that 1 in 5 Americans have some form of allergy, and with the early spring warm-up, many are suffering already.
  • Dodge the bug this cold season 2008.10.02 There may be no known cure for the common cold, but there are ways to avoid it.
  • Cold and Flu Season - Coming Soon 2008.09.02 Yeah, yeah, yeah, we all know there’s no cure for the common cold. But there’s got to be something we can do about it. And while we’re on the subject, let’s do something about the flu, too.
  • Fighting Seasonal Allergies 2008.08.15 There is no cure for allergy, but there are ways to control its symptoms and, hopefully, to prevent it from triggering more serious conditions like asthma and sinusitis.
  • Sun Safety: Save Your Skin 2008.07.24 The need for sun safety has become clear over the past 20 years, with studies showing that excessive exposure to the sun can cause skin cancer.
  • Beware of Bug Bites and Stings 2008.07.24 Warm weather makes it easier to spend more time outdoors, but it also brings out the bugs.
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  • Vitamin D May Help Treat Asthma Researchers in London have identified a mechanism through which vitamin D can significantly reduce the symptoms of asthma and suggest it may offer a new way to treat the debilitating condition, which in the UK alone affects around 5.4 million people and costs the NHS around£1 billion a year...
  • Allergies To New Hips And Knees Surface Only After Surgery Is Done... Until Now Imagine what Paula Spurlock must have been going through. Shortly after having a hip replaced in 2011, the trouble started. "I had horrible itching, really bad migraines and intense pain throughout my body," she said. "I couldn't take it. Every single thing in me itched...
  • Respiratory Symptoms And Exacerbations In COPD Worsened By Allergic Disease Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who also have allergic disease have higher levels of respiratory symptoms and are at higher risk for COPD exacerbations, according to a new study from researchers at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore...
  • Antifungal Therapy Could Benefit Nearly 5 Million Asthmatics Worldwide An estimated 4,837,000 asthmatics with allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) could benefit substantially from antifungal treatment, say researchers from the University of Toronto and Manchester University. Their work, published in the journal Medical Mycology, has also re-estimated the total number of asthmatics worldwide-to reveal a staggering 193 million sufferers...
  • Relief From Ragweed Allergy Symptoms Offered By Once-A-Day Pill An international team of researchers, led by physician-scientists at Johns Hopkins, reports that a once-daily tablet containing a high dose of a key ragweed pollen protein effectively blocks the runny noses, sneezes, nasal congestion and itchy eyes experienced by ragweed allergy sufferers...

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