Provides information about different kinds of allergies, and their symptoms, diagnoses, and treatments.

"Hay fever. Peanut allergies. Eczema. Either you have a frustrating allergy, or you know someone who does. Billions of people worldwide--an estimated 30 to 40 percent of the global population--have some form of allergy; millions have one severe enough to actively endanger their health. Even more concerningly, over the last decade, the number of people diagnosed with allergy has been steadily increasing. Medical anthropologist Theresa MacPhail, herself...

"A world-renowned researcher and physician offers the first book to identify the entire spectrum of food-related health conditions, from allergy to sensitivity, and what we can do about it. Allergies are an epidemic--but they don't have to be. Every day,more than five hundred people in the US go to the emergency room following a bad allergic reaction to food; 1 in 10 people have food allergies--and they are acute, alarming, and can be life-threatening....

A sequel to Bloom finds Seth, Anaya and Petra locked away in a government lab with other immune kids while the outside world is overrun by an alien infestation of giant insects that spread disease, undermine building foundations and carry off human victims.

"Sisters Maple and Willow get their first real Christmas tree, only to discover that Maple is allergic to it"--