Tech Doc: Winter wonderland still filled with allergies - LubbockOnline.com

With the heart of winter approaching, many of you probably have felt that allergies have been left behind by the cool temperatures. Ragweed and Russian thistle (tumbleweed) have stopped pollinating after a three-month stretch that began in August. This isn’t Central Texas where we have to worry as much about mountain “cedar fever.” We’ve got a three-month break until tree season starts in March, right?

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JAMES A. TARBOX, M.D., IS AN ALLERGIST AND IMMUNOLOGIST AT TEXAS TECH PHYSICIANS AND AN ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF THE TEXAS TECH HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER DEPARTMENTS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE, PEDIATRICS AND SURGERY.

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