<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Allergies</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/health/conditioncenter/allergies?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/allergies</link><description>Allergies</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Purr. Whirr.]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12653-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/allergies</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12653-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/allergies</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:18:53 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Mecho-pets such as the catbot is easier for many people  --  the elderly, the allergy-stricken, the autistic and disabled children and adults  --  to relate to than a real cat.]]></description><author> Linton Weeks</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Draft Is Anybody's Guess]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7756-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/allergies</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7756-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/allergies</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:18:53 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[We're not going to know whether the Redskins, or any other team, did the right thing in the NFL draft right away. Drafts are to be judged in two to three years, not Monday morning.]]></description><author> Michael Wilbon</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Springtime Love Connection]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56476-2005Apr15.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/allergies</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56476-2005Apr15.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/allergies</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:18:53 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Got a passion for screen romance? Here's a low-stress quiz to see if you really &#9829; movies.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Into Thick Air]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45313-2005Apr11.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/allergies</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45313-2005Apr11.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/allergies</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:18:53 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Growing numbers of people with allergies and asthma are coughing up hefty sums for heavily marketed indoor air cleaners they hope will provide purer air to breathe.]]></description><author> January W. Payne</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[D.C. Calendar of Events]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31192-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/allergies</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31192-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/allergies</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:18:53 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Thursday 7 <br>   ART TALK,  Philip Leonard discusses early American portraitist Gilbert Stuart, whose works are on view. Noon, today, Sunday, Tuesday and April 14, National Gallery of Art, West Building, 600 Constitution Ave. NW. Free. 202-737-4215.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[briefs]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12976-2005Mar30.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/allergies</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12976-2005Mar30.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/allergies</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:18:53 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Whitehurst Study<br> Representatives of the D.C. Department of Transportation will discuss a new study on the practicality of removing the Whitehurst Freeway in two public meetings.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[ANIMAL DOCTOR]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8268-2005Mar28.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/allergies</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8268-2005Mar28.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/allergies</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:18:53 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[      Dear Dr. Fox: <br>    I read your article in a recent column regarding a Pekingese dog that was having seizures. I have a Pekingese that I rescued from the streets of a Detroit suburb. She was in bad shape, but has progressed quite well and has become a very...]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[ANIMAL DOCTOR]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55449-2005Mar21.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/allergies</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55449-2005Mar21.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/allergies</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:18:53 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[     Dear Dr. Fox: <br>    We have a beautiful 1-year-old West Highland white terrier. Two months ago, our vet discovered that she had the mange due to a "hot spot" on her inner thigh  --  it caused mucous in her eyes and loss of hair, and she constantly rubbed her eyes....]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Smoke Gets in the Carpet and the Curtains . . .]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39849-2005Mar16.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/allergies</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39849-2005Mar16.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/allergies</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:18:53 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Smoking smells are hard to eliminate. Some expert suggestions.]]></description><author> Cheryl Kenny</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Personal Health Record Options]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35323-2005Mar14.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/allergies</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35323-2005Mar14.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/allergies</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:18:53 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  With online banking and shopping having become mainstream activities, some people are now looking to manage their medical care via computer. A number of companies offer personal health record (PHR) services directly to consumers. (Some insurers and medical plans are offering PHRs to their clients and patients, too.)]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Sensitive Skinhead]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25556-2005Mar10.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/allergies</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25556-2005Mar10.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/allergies</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:18:53 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[   A CHANGED MAN<br>By Francine Prose. HarperCollins. 421 pp. $24.95]]></description><author>Reviewed  Blake Eskin</author></item><item><title><![CDATA['Off the Map': Treasure It]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23678-2005Mar10.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/allergies</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23678-2005Mar10.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/allergies</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:18:53 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA["OFF THE MAP" doesn't just glow because of New Mexico's achingly gorgeous sunsets. There's a collective scintillation about its rich, distinctive characters, narrative serendipity and ineffable magic. Watching this, you're hard-pressed to think of life as anything but an existential go-round of whimsical circumstance, breathtaking vistas and eternal good luck.]]></description><author> Desson Thomson</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Contracts Awarded]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12308-2005Mar6.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/allergies</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12308-2005Mar6.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/allergies</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:18:53 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Chemonics International Inc.  of Washington won a $60 million contract from the Agency for International Development for support services for a rural competitiveness activity in Bolivia.]]></description><author> Judith Mbuya</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[ANIMAL DOCTOR]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61639-2005Feb28.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/allergies</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61639-2005Feb28.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/allergies</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:18:53 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[     Dear Dr. Fox:  <br>     Our dog is an English setter who is about 30 pounds and 15 months old. He sleeps in the kitchen at night and he is out all day in a fenced-in yard. The problem is that he runs around the yard nonstop. When I'm home, I bring him in and make him...]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[NATION IN BRIEF]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56267-2005Feb26.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/allergies</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56267-2005Feb26.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/allergies</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:18:53 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[   Child's Sign-Reading Saves Mother <br>   WESTHAMPTON, N.Y.   -- A mother's decision to teach her 3-year-old daughter sign language may have saved  the woman's life.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[ANIMAL DOCTOR]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42633-2005Feb21.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/allergies</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42633-2005Feb21.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/allergies</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:18:53 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[     Dear Dr. Fox: <br>    I have a 4-year-old cat who has been biting herself and pulling her hair out. The fur on her stomach and the insides of her legs is gone. ]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Outsmarting Asthma]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42623-2005Feb21.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/allergies</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42623-2005Feb21.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/allergies</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:18:53 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Asthma drugs don't produce a uniform response in young patients. This can make it hard for doctors to know what to prescribe to control the condition, which is marked by chronic airway inflammation and constriction. But by combining a simple blood test with a pulmonary function test, as described in the February Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, doctors may be able to tailor therapies to specific patients more accurately. The tests use biomarkers to predict children's response to two popular asthma drugs -- Flovent, an inhaled steroid, and Singulair, one of a newer category of drugs called leukotriene receptor antagonists, which is taken orally.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Clinic Outrages Parents]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42473-2005Feb21.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/allergies</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42473-2005Feb21.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/allergies</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:18:53 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[School officials canceled classes at Eaton Elementary School to disinfect the building after hundreds of cats were sterilized and vaccinated in the cafeteria.]]></description><author> Ylan Q. Mui</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pet Clones Are Spurring Call for Limits]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30589-2005Feb16.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/allergies</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30589-2005Feb16.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/allergies</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:18:53 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Clone a cat, go to jail -- or at least pay a fine. That is the goal of animal welfare activists who announced that they are seeking state and federal restrictions on the small but growing pet-cloning industry.]]></description><author> Rick Weiss</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Region's Air Tough on Asthma Sufferers]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27346-2005Feb15.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/allergies</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27346-2005Feb15.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/allergies</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:18:53 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[There's no easy breathing around the metro area, which a survey identifies as one of the top five "most challenging" places in the country for people with asthma to live.]]></description><author> Susan Levine</author></item></channel></rss>