The Hour's Outdoor page on Thursday includes columns about fishing, yachting and nature. Chris Bosak's For the Birds column is about the few dangers one might ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Did you know? Oils in poison ivy and poison sumac plants can cause allergic reactions so severe they require medical treatment. Within 10 minutes, the urushiol oil from the ...

If you come into contact with poison ivy, oak or sumac, wash your skin as soon as possible with cold, running water. And hurry! Do this within minutes of coming into contact with the plant to prevent ...

When a walk in the woods leaves you with red, itchy bumps, poison oak or poison ivy is often the culprit. Or, actually, the oily substance on the leaves -- oleoresin -- is to blame. Dr. Stephanie ...

Just thinking about poison ivy can make you itch. Blistering rashes on your arms and ankles, oozing bumps between your fingers and eyelid-swelling exposures are all-too-familiar summer hazards. Poison ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Did you know? Oils ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) – Summer means more time outdoors and more chances of coming in contact with poison ivy. The oil in poison ivy plants causes an allergic reaction in 75% of people who come in ...

It may sound simple, but the best way to prevent getting a poison ivy, oak or sumac rash is basically simple prevention: avoid contact with the plants — or even ones you think might be the poisonous ...

Leaves of three, leave it be! But let's say you're one of the unlucky majority who does typically have a severe reaction: After you've been exposed, you should try and wash the areas of your skin (you ...