Controversial Clinic for the 'Chemically Sensitive'
by Terry Moran & Mary-Claude Foster / abcnews.go.com
What if you thought that the world around you was making you sick? If you feared that the house you live in, the car that you drive and everyday activities such as watching television and talking on a cell phone were making you ill?
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AAAAI - A Mouse in the House Raises Asthma Risk
by John Gever, Staff Writer, MedPage Today
PHILADELPHIA, March 16 -- Mouse allergen at levels that may contribute to asthma is present in more than a third of American homes, researchers said here. In households with concentration of mouse allergen greater than 1.6 mcg per
gram of dust, rates of asthma in at least one household member were nearly 50% greater than in homes with lower mouse allergen levels...
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AAAAI - Fungi Stake a Claim in Allergic Sinusitis Pathology
by Neil Osterweil, Senior Associate Editor, MedPage Today
SAN DIEGO, Feb. 28 -- Allergic fungal sinusitis deserves a place of its own at the table of nasty chronic rhinosinusitis infections, researchers asserted here. It may account for up to 10% of chronic rhinosinusitis, said Patricia S. Hutcheson
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Legionnaires' Cases Triple in Florida Since 2000
by Denise-Marie Balona, Sentinel Staff Writer / orlandosentinel.com
After a dream vacation at Disney in 2006, Joe Massey returned home to Virginia and fell ill with pneumonia-like symptoms. His doctors, baffled by Massey's high fever and nausea, didn't uncover the cause -- Legionnaires' disease -- until it was too late to save the 38-year-old nuclear engineer from Hampton.
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Legionnaires' Disease Investigation
by orchd.com
Orlando – The Orange County Health Department is continuing its investigation into two laboratory confirmed cases of Legionnaires’ disease as well as the environmental analysis of numerous possible sources to determine the cause of exposure, and if anyone else may be at risk of the disease.
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Probe Shows FEMA Trailers Vary in Toxicity
by usatoday.com
ATLANTA (AP) — Formaldehyde levels in the trailers provided to Gulf Coast hurricane victims vary greatly by brand,
and four of the six most commonly used brands are among those with the highest levels, a federal study released Monday found.
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