Fifty million Americans and 1 in 5 Canadians have allergies. A runny nose, sneezing, itchy eyes, and hives are symptoms familiar to many who suffer seasonal allergies. Allergy symptoms are triggered by pollen surges throughout the year. While some have seasonal allergies limited to spring time, others experience the unpleasant symptoms year round.
What are allergies?
SANTO DOMINGO, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC—Over the first weeks of July 2017, the brethren Dr. Ivanov Dragan (GC Medical Department) and Peter D. Lausevic (GC Vice President) visited our brethren in the Dominican Republic for a health seminar and youth conference.
The first health seminar was held from July 7-July 12, 2017. The topics of the health seminar were as follows:
- Anatomy and physiology of the brain
- How to improve brain power
- Two brains in one head
- The brain’s hormones
- Stress and how to overcome it
LIMA, PERU—A humanitarian mission was planned to assist the brethren and communities in Peru. The mission took place after terrible floods hit the country earlier in 2017. The project was a result of the combined forces of the Welfare Department of the Brazilian Unions (The Good Samaritan), and the local brethren in Peru.
You have likely heard that we should chew our food properly. There are many reasons why this is important. Chewing grinds the foods into small particles. The smaller the particle the more readily it can be coated with the digestive enzymes present in our saliva, which in turn start digestion.
WALSALL, ENGLAND—“Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me,” Isaiah 6:8.
A group of young missionaries obeyed God’s calling and took part in a missionary project held from July 24 to August 13, 2017 in the town of Walsall, UK.