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How Allergies Affect Your Skin

Allergy season is a challenging time for many of us. Spring brings warmer weather, but it also harbors itchy eyes, sneezing, runny noses, rashes, etc.

Kids and Seasonal Allergies

If you’re a parent, you know how debilitating it can feel when your child suffers. Kids who deal with irritating and painful allergy symptoms are

Allergy Myth or Fact?

There are so many contradictory stories about health and wellness, and allergy myths are no different. How many allergy urban legends can you debunk? Local

Is it Indoor or Outdoor Allergies?

You’re sneezing; you have itchy eyes, a scratchy throat, and a runny nose. That’s right; it’s allergy season. You may be wondering, but I’m isolated.

Talking Voice with Dr. Mary Es Anderson

Dr. Mary Es Anderson is a Texas ENT otolaryngologist. Like many doctors, she chose her profession due to experiences in her youth. She recently sat

Should You Get an Allergy Test?

Assessments are all the rage right now. Whether it’s a COVID test, an online test, or just testing one’s patience, we seem to be in

Taking Care of Your Voice Like a Professional

For those patients who use their voice professionally like singers or speakers, there are several things you can do to keep your voice healthy. MAINTAIN

Not This Year, Allergies

Some of us gear up for allergy season every year, while others forget it exists until we start sneezing and itching. Allergies are like a

Life with a Cochlear Implant

Natalie Kotch is a 17 year-old who has lived with hearing loss her entire life. In today’s Texas ENT Specialists AudioBlog, we talk to her

The Road to Audiology

Writer and podcast producer Shelby Stockton talked with Texas ENT Specialists Audiologist Mary Beth Turner about her road to becoming an Audiologist. Turner shares what

A Snore-Free Valentine

Snoring is the worst. If you live with a snorer, you know all about the cruel irony of the affliction. Snorers involuntarily make others suffer

Inspire Sleep: How It Works

Inspire works inside the body. It’s a small device placed during a same-day, outpatient procedure. When the patient is ready for bed, they simply click

A Talk About Facial Plastics

Texas ENT Specialists CEO Jennifer Welch hopped on a call last week with LA-based writer and podcast producer Shelby Stockton, who is the woman behind

Post-Vaccination Life

It’s vaccination season! According to the New York Times, the CDC claims that roughly 20.7 million Americans have received the first dose of a COVID

Why People Get Colds in Quarantine

Originally published in Consumer Reports by Sally Wadyka Even people taking a vast array of precautions to stay safe from COVID-19 might find themselves battling

Antibiotics in cold and flu season

Originally posted on The Conversation by James Dickinson, Ranjani Somayaji, Samiha Tarek Ah Mohsen Antibiotics are over-prescribed in Canada and worldwide, often for infections that

Should You Get Sinus Surgery?

Corinna Rios is not a native Texan, and when she moved from North Carolina, she started to experience a lot of allergy-related issues that turned

Is It a Cold, the Flu, Allergies, or COVID-19?

Originally posted on WebMD by Stephanie Watson In the past, a cough or sore throat would have been a pretty obvious sign that you’d caught

Drinks, Screens, and Sleep

I have a dear friend – let’s call him Miguel – who rarely catches a good night’s sleep. Initially, he is unable to fall asleep

How to Get the COVID Vaccination

The COVID-19 vaccination rollout has begun! Some Americans have already received the vaccine, while many others patiently await their turn. You may be wondering to

Should You Consider an At-Home Sleep Study?

Originally posted on Hackensack Meridian Health By: Katie Woehnker Sleep disturbances are quite common, especially when dealing with high-anxiety situations like the coronavirus pandemic, however,