Stick or Treat Halloween is just around the corner, and with it comes candy pouring into our homes. Candy from work, school, neighbors…it’s everywhere. According to Monmouth University, Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups are America’s favorite candy. Snickers, M&M’s, Hershey bars and candy corn were close behind. Since the top food allergens likely to cause anaphylaxis [...]
Scottsdale Award Program Honors the Achievement SCOTTSDALE September 23, 2019 — Relieve Allergy Asthma & Hives has been selected for 2019 Best of Scottsdale Award in the Allergist category by the Scottsdale Award Program. Each year, the Scottsdale Award Program identifies companies that we believe have achieved exceptional marketing success in their local community and [...]
Back to School School is back in session, and something a parent of an allergy child might be wondering is how to keep them safe at school. There are so many opportunities for the wrong substance to fall into their hands, so how do we prepare our children to know what to do if that [...]
Wildfires in the Desert To really understand something, it helps to look through the eyes of an expert. Someone who has experienced it first-hand and can describe how it looks, feels, smells… Adam is a Phoenix firefighter who is dedicated to his job, and to his community. He’s very experienced in fighting both structure fires [...]
Summer in the Desert Summer allergies got you down? Arizona is a giant oven that bakes your sinuses and blows around the grass and tree pollen, making allergy and asthma sufferers miserable. Right now, the air quality is especially dangerous with the Woodbury Fire burning in the Superstition Mountains. The smoke isn’t too much of [...]
Let’s talk about allergy shots. These are for people afflicted by seasonal, indoor, and insect sting allergies, and they’re available to help those of all ages. What Are They? Allergy shots are a form of allergy immunotherapy, which means treating or preventing a disease with the substance that create an immune response. This treatment does [...]
"We always have people asking, "What is the green tree with the yellow leaves?" said Dr. Wendt. "That's the palo verde tree and one of the Valley's most common allergy culprits." Here are a few of Dr. Wendt's answers to commonly asked questions regarding seasonal allergies...
Rainy Season We’ve seen a ton of rain since October. There has even been snow in Cave Creek and in the Superstition Mountains, attracting people from all over the Valley to take pictures of a desert dressed in white. The Phoenix office of the National Weather Service says this is the sixth wettest year to [...]
Our office will be CLOSED on the following days to observe the holidays: Thursday, July 4th and Friday, July 5th for the Fourth of July Friday, September 13th for staff training inservice Thursday, November 28th and Friday, November 29th for Thanksgiving Clinic closes at noon on Tuesday, December 24 and is closed Wednesday, December 25th, Thursday, [...]
If you’ve seen the new “Peter Rabbit” movie, you already know it features a character with food allergies. Despite being the “#1 Family Movie in America,” the delivery of the food allergy topic has not been received well. What do you think about Peter Rabbit’s Food Allergy Scene? The film based on the classic children’s [...]