Yes, allergies have a strong hereditary component, though genetics alone don’t determine whether a child will develop allergies. What’s inherited is a general predisposition toward allergic disease, often called atopy, rather than a specific allergy to a specific substance. A parent with a peanut allergy doesn’t necessarily pass down peanut
Starbucks brought its fall menu back on August 25. Six new drinks, the returning pumpkin lineup and the pecan drinks. We read the published ingredient lists for all of them. One finding is going to affect more people than the rest, so it goes first. Every pumpkin drink contains dairy,
Skin reactions to Ozempic get talked about a lot more than they happen, and most of what people describe to us turns out not to be an allergy. A red, itchy patch where you gave yourself the injection and hives spreading across your body an hour after the dose are
The first week of school is the worst week of the year for allergic reactions in kids. New classroom, new teacher, new snack table, and a device that has been sitting in a drawer since June and may have expired in July. Most of what follows takes an afternoon. The
If your child has a food allergy, you have probably had this moment. Another kid at the playground is holding a peanut butter sandwich. Someone spills milk at the next table. A birthday party comes with a cake you did not pick. Your stomach drops, and you start doing the
Starbucks rolled out its Orange Cream lineup on July 28, and it is already all over social media. Five drinks are on the menu for a limited run: Orange Cream Cold Brew, Iced Orange Cream Latte, Iced Orange Cream Matcha, Iced Orange Cream Chai, and the Orange Cream Frappuccino. Most
WK Kellogg announced on August 6 that it will remove artificial colors from every cereal it makes by the end of 2026. That is a full year earlier than the timeline the company gave in August 2025. Reformulated cereals go into production later this year and should reach shelves before
While promoting The Odyssey alongside Matt Damon on Brittany Broski’s interview series in July, Anne Hathaway made an offhand confession that got more attention than anyone expected: she is allergic to popcorn. She called it sad, said her cinema order is pretzel bites with mustard instead, and moved on without
Once the weather turns hot and sticky in New York, we start hearing the same question from patients almost every week: is this heat rash, or is it eczema? Both show up as itchy red bumps, both seem to get worse in the heat, and if you’re not a dermatologist,
If you were in the city during the third week of July, you did not need an app to tell you the air had changed. The skyline went yellow-orange, the Statue of Liberty faded out from the Staten Island Ferry, and a lot of New Yorkers reported the smell of
Lactase enzyme pills are the go-to for lactose intolerance, and for many people, they work well. But if you’re still getting symptoms after popping a Lactaid before every dairy-containing meal, you have options. The problem is rarely that dairy is entirely off-limits — it’s usually about load, timing, and finding
Ticks don’t wait for you to wander into the woods. They sit at the edge of trails, in tall grass, along the border where your lawn meets a shrubby area. And they wait. In New York, tick season runs roughly from May through September, with activity peaking in the warmer
