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Live Christmas Trees Can Trigger Mold Allergies

By Juhie Bhatia
HealthDay Reporter

FRIDAY, Nov. 16 (HealthDay News) -- While bringing home a live Christmas tree marks the beginning of the holiday season for many, the mold that thrives on its branches can trigger weeks of suffering for some, a new study shows.

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Should I feel bad? I just ruined some kid's Christmas. Is it less guilt inducing that he won't really know I did? Not really, but then again I don't feel too guilty to begin with anyway. Not at all if I wish to be entirely truthful. A bothersome, cranky middle aged woman annoyed me yesterday.

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I really feel torn apart. Here I am, working for a company that dispenses millions of presciptions for brand name medications while feeling much like poor Helen Donega when it comes to what these American drug companies are allowed to charge for their medications in their home country. It helps to know that our company is very supportive of ( Read more... )

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This is going to be a bad day. my coffee fell over in the car and I lost my entire cup. I hate my coffee mugs. When I saw that it was overturned I picked up the cup and felt how light it was…so light. Too light. I wanted to cry. Seriously! Hopefully my loud music can keep me from nodding off. Sometimes caffeine addictions really suck. I got a good ( Read more... )

I've really got to thank my sister, she's really helping us out watching Vinnie so that Rachel could go to a math help lab at night while I'm working Job numero due.

We ordered a pizza last night to save time with the time crunch of trying to pick me up at four, get Maria, get back home, eat dinner and fly out the door to get me to Target before 6 ( Read more... )

I walked out of my job at around 8 this morning. I was going to my car to grab my coffee mug that I had neglected to grab in my haste to make it to the time clock on time over an hour previous. The air was already warming and the morning dew and the stinking brown, rift (the Hudson River) outside combined to create the smell of a summer pool. I ( Read more... )

I think it may be possible that half the world has hypertension. That’s high blood pressure for those of you who’re now checking dictionary.com for that “hyper-what?” word I just gave you. Do any of these doctors stop to think about some obvious factors before just scribbling out the next Rx for Toprol XL? Do they maybe ponder the nicotine and ( Read more... )

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