Insect Allergy

Now Is the Time to Learn Beekeeping

Now, fall/early winter, is the best time of year in the U.S./Northern Hemisphere to begin to learn how to become a beekeeper. The honey bees are all hunkered down in their hives, nice and comfy, staying warm out of the cold...

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Predictors of severe anaphylaxis in Hymenoptera venom allergy

Severe anaphylaxis to honeybee or vespid (wasp) stings is associated with a variety of risk factors, which are poorly defined. This study of 962 patients evaluated the association of baseline serum tryptase and other variables...

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On Ants and Gardens

Glurg. Glurg. Glurg. When pouring water on fire ant mounds, that’s a good sound to hear as the water pours in an vanishes. That sound lets me know I’ve found the main chambers and passages. I haven’t heart that sound yet on the...

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Gibb Hospitalised After Allergic Reaction

The BEE GEES' 50th anniversary celebration was thrown into jeopardy when singer ROBIN GIBB was admitted to hospital after suffering an allergic reaction last month (Oct09). Siblings Robin and Barry, the surviving members of the...

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Ex-landlord died after wasp sting

An inquest has heard how a retired publican died after suffering an allergic reaction to wasp stings while preparing for a pheasant shoot. George Moody, 65, who was formerly landlord of the St Bride's Inn at Little Haven, was...

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Dey Launches And Unveils Next-Generation, Needle-Protected EpiPen(R) (Epinephrine) Auto-Injector...

Dey Pharma, L.P., a subsidiary of Mylan Inc. (Nasdaq: MYL - News), launched a newly designed, patient-friendly EpiPen® Auto-Injector 0.3/0.15 mg. This next-generation EpiPen Auto-Injector maintains the simplicity, speed, safety...

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Don't be surprised if your dentist measures your waist !

Don't be surprised if your dentist measures your waist ! Count how many teeth you have … Did you know that someone who only has 21 teeth left out of their original 32 runs a three times higher risk of being obese or overweight...

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Nancy Gift: Weed Fight Lands Me in the Principal's Office - Beacon Broadside

Nancy Gift is the author of A Weed by Any Other Name: The Virtues of a Messy Lawn, or Learning to Love the Plants We Don't Plant . Gift is an assistant professor of environmental studies and acting...

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Dey Launches and Unveils Next-Generation, Needle-Protected EpiPen(R) (Epinephrine) Auto-Injector...

BASKING RIDGE, N.J., Oct. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Dey Pharma, L.P., a subsidiary of Mylan Inc. , today launched a newly designed, patient-friendly EpiPen® Auto-Injector 0.3/0.15 mg. This next-generation EpiPen Auto-Injector...

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Our puppy was chased to his death

Oct 21 2009 by Samantha Parker, Liverpool Echo Our puppy was chased to his death A PUPPY was chased onto a busy road and killed after two rottweilers escaped from their owner’s garden. And in a double blow for Kenny and...

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