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New medications available for eosinophilic respiratory disease
Need more help with your asthma?
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For Medical Students and Residents: Some Study and Interaction on your own time!
It’s about time we as clinicians and “learners” can meet together to discuss asthma and new developments in the treatment of this very expensive and disruptive disease. Enter Dr. Mark Millard from Baylor in Dallas, TX who gave an excellent presentation on TSLP and the role this molecule plays in “causing asthma”. Allergists and pulmonologists…
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Will peanut allergy always be with us?
Back-to-school with peanut allergy: 6 steps for parents to consider What families living with peanut allergy need to know to help care for their kids at school Aimmune Therapeutics For families living with peanut allergy, the most common food allergy among children in the U.S.1, managing the allergy can require constant vigilance and supervision. This…
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COVID Conundrum
Our hot topics and angry controversies about not only COVID infections but now COVID vaccinations reached the boiling point this past week, resulting in protests over COVID vaccination mandates all over the world. Organized medicine (ie, the AMA) has been accused of covering up the origins of the virus and now the side effects of…
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Why Don’t More Patients with Asthma Use Biologicals?
Last month, I shared several videos with you that pertained to treatment of #asthma with biologicals. I hope you listened to the lives of patients just like you who can now “do life” with their family and friends not having to fear the next asthma attack. But it’s not so easy to change our habits…
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I lie and so do you
I was in my doctor’s office today (yes, I go to the doctor as well) and she asked me if I was taking my #medications. Of course, I said “yes, the ones that are in my chart”, not really having that photogenic list in my head. As we talked, I realized my confession of what…
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The Future of Medicine
I don’t normally stray from the trail of #allergy topics, but this issue is so important for doctors and ultimately patients that it’s worth investigating. If the doctor shortage becomes severe based on a dwindling supply of physicians, and increased utilization with the Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare), where will you get care when you need it?…
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Do Vaccines prevent Cancer?
This article appeared in KevinMD’s blog and has a very interesting chain of comments. From just reading the article you would think that certain #vaccines prevent #cancer. I would like to think that’s true, but nothing is so simple in medicine. The “cause and effect” relationship to what we do is always the elusive holy…
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What Do Doctors Read?
New Year’s resolutions, gotta lose weight, exercise more. It does get a bit annoying to read all of our good intentions and then we fall off the wagon one more time! As I look ahead to 2015, I begin my term (one year) as president of Tulsa County Medical Society (TCMS). No resolutions I can’t…
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Grapefruit Juice and Drug Interaction
Originally posted on PharmacistAnswers: Newest article is posted on the website! http://pharmacistanswers.com/grapefruit-juice-drug-interactions.html Here is our article. Enjoy! Does Grapefruit Juice Really Interact With My Medication? A somewhat odd and alarming warning is listed on the prescription bottle of numerous medications: “Do not take this medication with grapefruit juice”. This warning is in fact listed for the…
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