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Author: lynnawiensmd

  • Transferring allergen immunotherapy to a new allergist

    As you can see from this reference, guidelines do exist for giving of allergy shots.  Times are changing and new information is helpful to improve the benefits of allergy shots as well as making them safer.  Transferring allergen immunotherapy to a new allergist.

  • Not All Docs are “Burned Out”

      Burn out!  The very mention of the word conjures up a mid-life crisis with broken relationships, declining work performance, and substance abuse.  Not to mention the pot belly that accompanies those of us in that blessed 5th decade of life.  Doctors and other health care providers are not immune from this most dreaded disease;…

  • Allergenicity of Shea nut/Shea butter

    So you have peanut or tree nut allergy and wonder about Shea butter?  Here’s your answer–it’s safe! Allergenicity of Shea nut/Shea butter.

  • Blood work can be a problem

    Normally, I like to include lab studies for evaluation of patients with chronic infections.  It’s very important to find out if your body can make the right amount of antibodies to fight infection.  But…there’s always the exception.  In this case, IgA can be absent from your bloodstream and not cause a problem because it’s gone. …

  • I’m digressing, but this is how it all begins

    Ah yes, I remember it well.  Of course as Abby’s dad, I walked through 3 feet of snow uphill, both ways!  I was pulling a small rickety trailer behind a 1975 Ford Galaxie on my way to medical school in Kansas City circa 1983.  Times and vehicles have changed, but the process of learning to…

  • Enjoy Your Weekend!

  • I Can Do Surgery from YouTube

    Not really, but now that I have your attention, patients can learn lots of information from a good YouTube channel. My YouTube channel has several videos that should interest you: How to use an inhaler from National Jewish Hospital.  It’s better to use a spacer (yes, always), but often the spacer gets separated from the…

  • Why Does Vitamin D work?

    Asthma sufferers may benefit more from inhaling vitamin D than the steroids usually prescribed for the condition.  And besides, aren’t we all concerned with side effects from steroids? A new study from the U.K. identifies a mechanism through which the vitamin can significantly reduce asthma symptoms and suggests it may offer a new method of treatment.

  • How You Can Be an Expert

    I want to be an expert.  Always have and always will, but now it’s a little easier than 30 years ago.  In fact, all you need now to become an expert is a little fame, a published book or memoir, and Shazam!  you’re an authority on any subject you want to write on.  So where’s…

  • You’ll Be the Hit of the Party!

    Oh, if I only knew of a more interesting subject for MY next cocktail party.  When kids’ drama, and the latest neighborhood gossip just won’t do, try your luck at the newest asthma mediation!  A special thanks to Reuters for their excellent reporting…my comments will be in RED. Medscape Medical News from the American Thoracic…