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May is Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month
Spring has sprung, and that means it’s time for blooming flowers, budding trees, freshly cut lawns, itchy noses and tight chests. Spring is the peak season for those living with Asthma and Allergies, so it’s a great time to spread awareness about the diseases that affect over 60 million Americans. Asthma and Allergies are often
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A Chocolate-Free Halloween?
Those of you who follow the Lauren’s Hope blog may recall me writing earlier this fall about my six-year-old daughter, Julia, and how she was recently diagnosed with a chocolate allergy (specifically, a cacao allergy). When I tell people Julia is allergic to chocolate, the most common response from adults is something completely reasonable and
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Onespot Allergy’s Top Ten Allergy Safety Tips for Halloween
Allergy safety is always a serious issue. At Halloween, however, it’s particularly important to keep allergy safety in mind, as it is very easy for kids with food allergies to be accidentally exposed to unsafe foods. Today, we bring you some Halloween safety tips from our friends at Onespot Allergy in the hopes that your
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National Bullying Prevention Month
October is National Bullying Prevention Month. Although bullying is in the news regularly these days, many people aren’t truly clear on what constitutes bullying and why these anti-bullying programs are in place. What is Bullying? Bullying is behavior that is emotionally or physically harmful. Typically, bullying behavior is directed toward someone perceived as socially, physically,
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My Kid is Allergic to Chocolate
So a few weeks back, I had my six-year-old daughter, Julia, tested for food allergies. She’s always had a bit of a weak stomach, and I’d noticed it was worse when she had chocolate, but then she’d drink chocolate almond milk every day (a switch we made after she showed herself to be a bit