Solutions for Dark Circles Under the Eyes and Puffy Eyes

Do you dread looking in the bathroom mirror when you first wake up? Scared of seeing baggy, puffy eyes or horrible dark circles under your eyes?

Well, flick on the bathroom light and gaze at your reflection! There are natural solutions to these eye problems. You don’t have to walk around looking like you stayed [...]

Longer Allergy Season Will Impact Eye Health

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Do your seasonal allergies affect your eyes?  You probably will not be happy to hear that a study appearing in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences projects that the 2011 allergy season will be 27 days longer in the upper latitudes of North America.

 

According to Paul Karpecki, O.D., [...]

Blood Tests For Food Allergies in Children May Result in False Positives

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Blood tests for food allergies in children may not be as reliable as you think.

According to a study published in the Journal of Pediatrics 84 – 93% of foods that had been avoided due to blood test results could be reintroduced after passing “food challenges.”  Source: http://www.foodnavigator-usa.com/

This is not [...]

Acupuncture Aids Weight Loss

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Researchers have just released the results of a new study called “The Effects of Acupuncture on Weight-Loss in Over-Weight and Obese Adults Over 24 Years Old.”

This study has been called “groundbreaking” because it claims that 95% of the participants lost weight over the six week trial.  Even after they stopped [...]

Fall Babies More Likely To Develop Food Allergies

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Babies due in October or November are twice as likely to have allergies to common foods like milk and eggs.

It’s not necessarily related to their birth dates, however, but rather the time of year when they are at 11 weeks gestation.  The high levels of tree pollen present when babies [...]