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Author: lynnawiensmd

  • Are We Overreacting?

    The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology Volume 129, Issue 5 , Pages 1280-1281, May 2012 Thanks Dr Pedersen for your insight!  The bottom line: maybe combination Advair, Symbicort, or Dulera aren’t as bad as they are put out to be.  Over the last decade, the aims of asthma management have altered to focus on…

  • Provocative study!

     Or at least as sexy as you can get for a vitamin.  Of all the vitamins out there, vitamin D has the most PROVEN benefit for allergies & asthma.  Remember the cod liver oil?  Of course you don’t….you’re not that old! Curr Opin Allergy Clin Immunol. 2012;12(1):13-17. © 2012 The importance of vitamin D as an essential nutrient is…

  • How to Cure Milk Allergy!

    Milk allergy may cause life-threatening anaphylaxis in children & adults.  Wouldn’t it be nice if milk allergy could be “cured?”  The adverse immune reactions to cow’s milk proteins can range from immediate, potentially life-threatening reactions to chronic disorders. Cow’s milk allergy (CMA) is the most common food allergy in infants and young children, affecting 2–3%…

  • The More You Know, the Less You Know

    The practice of medicine is just that….I advise the recommended treatment based on the information available at the time.  If I look back to the time during my fellowship in the early 90’s, much of what we thought was true and now 20 years later, been disproven.  As an example, the following study from a respected…

  • Sleep disordered breathing

    Often allergy patients have sleep disordered breathing and want to know if allergies contribute.  Most of the time, interruptions in your sleep due to allergy consist of congestion, snoring, sneezing, and possibly apnea.  Anything other than those symptoms should be evaluated for alternative causes.  Specialists dealing with sleep disorders are allergists, ENT (otolaryngologists) and pulmonologists.  There…

  • Coffee and longevity

    Coffee can prolong your life! It’s about time coffee drinkers get some respect! 

  • New medication for COPD

    The new bronchodilator for COPD (not asthma) was reviewed by The Medical Letter® in the April 30, 2012 issue.  I’ll include the news release from Novartis from last year. Indacaterol (Arcapta Neohaler) news release  Once a medication has been on the market for one year, side effects usually show up and clinical effectiveness is more realistic.  Indacaterol (Arcapta Neohaler) did well:…

  • Flesh-eating bacteria….what is this?

    USA Today has some answers for this very serious infection.  The courage of Aimee Copeland’s family is remarkable and should be an example to all of us.  Questions answered about this scary bacteria

  • You’re Right, this has nothing to do with allergy, but it’s interesting.

    In pediatric residency, saw lots of kids with foreign bodies in the esophagus.  How do you tell if a battery or coin is in the “food tube” or windpipe?  C’mon, give it a guess! Story from USA Today on swallow injuries

  • I usually don’t trash talk, but….

     You should be concerned about the effects of asthma medication on the developing fetus; fortunately, birth defects are rare and often overstated, but you always have to maintain vigilance for new developments.   Why the concern about atresia?    Maternal Asthma Medication Use May Cause Certain Birth Defects Approximately 4% to 12% of pregnant women…