Signal: allergy and asthma increase
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Records rains, unusual warmth driving “allergy storm”

by on 13. May, 2011 in Uncategorized

There may be a dusting of truth to allergy sufferers’ complaints that this season is, well, a bigger headache than years past. Heavy snow and rain in some parts of the country have nourished a profusion of tree pollen, while a sudden shift to warm, sunny weather has made its release more robust. Add in [...]

Warm weather illnesses moving north in the United States

Warm weather illnesses moving north in the United States

by on 04. Apr, 2011 in Uncategorized

If physicians want evidence of climate change, they may well find it in their own offices. Patients are presenting with illnesses that once happened only in warmer areas. Chronic conditions are becoming aggravated by more frequent and extended heat waves. Allergy and asthma seasons are getting longer. Spates of injuries are resulting from more intense [...]