I was watching the news (well, NBC Nightly News, to be specific) last night, and they ran a story on children with allergies and asthma attacks. The key point was that a doctor was equipping his child patients with camcorders, and letting them document their environments, their symptoms, and their attacks. It's rather interesting to see some obvious triggers in the kids' houses, with the families completely oblivious to them—like the home with mould on the…[more]

As I mentioned in my story about dog allergies, I live in a complex surrounded by large, shedding dogs. Luckily, we (my girlfriend Sabrina and I) will be moving out in a week or so. I felt that maybe I should expound a little about that. I moved up to Seattle in a hurry. I flew in Friday afternoon, and had to find a place by Saturday evening, as all my stuff was going to arrive via the mover's truck Sunday morning. With some fantastic help from Beverly here at Trusera, we scoured severa…[more]

I recently picked up a book called "Eating right for a bad gut" (or something to that effect). I've only started reading it, but it's pretty fascinating. Patty suggested a book on Specific Carbohydrate Diet, which I picked up, but after a cursory thumb-through, I decided against getting too in depth with the diet without actually knowing what's wrong with my digestive tract. I'd like to avoid potentially making things worse if the stomach problem isn't related to what's covered in the b…[more]