Why is it hazy, is there smoke from Canada in the sky? No it is actually pollen. Yes it is pollen coming from the trees and grasses in the spring and ragweed and weeds in the fall. The plants are pollinating at extreme levels and this creates a powdery cover over the city. I call... READ MORE

Suffering with allergies can be miserable. You can feel fatigued, tired, trouble sleeping many times this can even lead to depression. There is now access to over-the-counter medication‘s for all allergies. These include antihistamines, nasal sprays, nasal decongestants. The... READ MORE

Most of us love to snuggle up to our cat or dog, and many of us sleep with our pets. There are many pet owners in the United States. Approximately 66% (86 million) of households own a pet. Dogs and cats are the most popular. A pet provides so many benefits to the family and for... READ MORE

Allergic to Fido? Good news – you don’t have to give him up! Living with a pet or interacting with animals can create misery for individuals with allergies and asthma. Pets and animals like cats, dogs, ferrets, and even horses, cows, goats can fill our families’... READ MORE

Winter and spring allergies can be a big nuisance. Add in an infection only complicates matters. Allergies target the nose and sinuses – a huge nuisance because we need to breathe, talk, and eat with our mouth and throat. A sore throat that lasts a long time is miserable.... READ MORE

The Royals Take on their Toughest Opponent: Chickenpox Two Kansas City Royal players, Alex Rios and Kelvin Herrera, were taken out of the lineup because of a preventable childhood illness; Chickenpox, also known as Varicella. Chickenpox is contagious for 10 to 21 days after... READ MORE

Kansas City is in the midst of a record-breaking allergy season. We noticed weed pollen in the air early this year. By the end of the first week of August, pollen was detected, setting up allergy sufferers for the wrath of ragweed. Ragweed pollen, as well as all plant pollen,... READ MORE

An allergy is based on the release of histamine. When you get a bug bite the bug injects something like histamine into your skin, you feel itchy. We have white blood cells all throughout our bodies, including our mouths, skin, eyes, noses, etc., and these white blood cells make... READ MORE

Picnics, barbecues, hot dogs at the baseball games… I ate too much! … And now I have heartburn. Commonly we think that reflux means heartburn – that you burp up food or you feel burning in your throat after eating. But the reality is that reflux has multiple... READ MORE

A gluten allergy is called celiac disease. The name implies that a person will have an inflammatory reaction to any gluten-containing product, such as wheat, rye, oat, and barley. It actually is not an allergy, since there’s no histamine release, but rather a severe... READ MORE