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Allergy skin tests
Considering skin testing for your allergies? Learn about the risks, results and what to expect during testing.
Allergy medications: Know your options
Learn more about allergy medications. Find out what they do and how they can help your symptoms.
Allergy medications and pregnancy: What's safe?
Find out what medicines can help you manage allergies while you're pregnant.
Allergies
Allergy symptoms can range from mild to severe, even life-threatening. Most allergies can't be cured, but treatments can help.
Alkaline water: Better than plain water?
Health claims about alkaline water abound, but plain water is usually best.
Alcohol use: Weighing risks and benefits
Drinking alcohol in any amount is a health risk that increases with each drink you have. The risk peaks with heavy drinking, including binge drinking, which carries serious health risks.
Albuterol side effects: Can I avoid them?
Albuterol side effects — Managing reactions to quick-relief asthma medication.
Albinism
In this group of inherited disorders, the body makes little or no melanin, a pigment that determines hair, skin and eye color and vision development.
Airplane ear
That fullness in your ear when on an airplane that's climbing or descending results from uneven air pressure between your middle ear and the environment.
Air travel during pregnancy: Is it safe?
Consider these guidelines if you need to fly while you're pregnant.
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