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Are you still struggling with hay fever this allergy season? Maybe your over the counter treatments are just not cutting it? According to scientists from Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee, you may get some relief by incorporating probiotics...

As if this time of year wasn’t difficult enough for people with allergies. Wherever you look, the grass is growing, plants are starting to flower and trees everywhere are pollinating. And now it seems pollution from vehicles and industry could...

Adverse childhood experiences linked to asthma

Stop allergies keeping you awake at night

World Allergy Awareness Week 2015, organized by the World Allergy Organization, is April 13-19. The focus is on Airway Allergies - the Human and Economic Burden.

While some healthy individuals are not as affected by the coldest air of the season, those who are vulnerable or have pre-existing respiratory conditions should take precautions to ensure their personal health safety.

As winter carries on, most of us in colder climates try to avoid the bad weather at all costs, which means spending most of our time indoors. And to ensure we stay as warm as possible, we work to keep our homes well insulated and free from drafts and leaky windows. In recent years, as it’s become a very popular form of home improvement to keep heating bills down but as it turns out, this may not be so good for our respiratory health.

Since our primary business is cleaning and purifying the air we breathe, we at Austin Air attempt to be a source of all-things-healthy, and as such we try to bring you engaging and important content to enrich your life and to share with your friends. We tend to focus on scientific studies and stories in the news regarding air pollution, which clearly has broad consequences on the health of our community. However, we know you’re constantly bombarded with negative news so for today’s post we thought we’d interject some positivity into your day and take a look at some local clean air advocates and initiatives trying to make a difference in the Buffalo area.

Lead author of the study Dr. Ronit Confino-Cohen believes that people with uncontrolled asthma should have their vitamin D levels checked. A change in diet or a simple daily supplement may be all they need to reduce symptoms and get their asthma under control.