I did not expect that I would be writing about this, but some patients have asked me this allergy season whether antihistamines are safe to use because they either heard or read that antihistamines could cause dementia. As antihistamines have been a mainstay of treating nasal/sinus allergy symptoms for many decades, avoiding them would eliminate […]

     Springtime for Chicago has arrived—as I think we have to define it in our area as finally no snow and no temperature below 40° in the 7-day forecasts.  It’s also time for those who have seasonal allergies to ask about whether there are newer and better treatments.  In spring 2014, the FDA approved […]

     With the arrival of autumn each year comes falling leaves, falling temperatures, the ‘Fall Classic’ (unfortunately without a Chicago team this year!)—and the rise in questions about the ‘flu shot.’  Questions about ‘the pneumonia shot’ also tend to come up at the same time.  Let’s go over the distinctions between the two shots, […]