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  • Are We Beating a Dead Horse?

    Ok, another study about the dangers of food allergy (yesterday in USA Today).  You would think the occurrence of food allergy to KNOWN allergens (peanut & milk) would decrease given all the attention given to accidental ingestion.  Evidently, this is not the case.  Explanations?  Maybe we’re afraid of giving epinephrine.  In my personal experience, giving epinephrine 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%…

  • Here’s a book on food allergies!

    My transcriptionists are not only good at what they do, but when they hear me talk as much as I do, it’s almost family.  I am reading a book called, Don’t Kill the Birthday Girl by Sandra Beasley, and I thought of you. It’s a memoir about the author’s life with food allergies, what it…

  • Top 10 Allergy & Clinical Immunology Articles of 2011

    From Medscape Allergy & Immunology  by Marrecca Fiore Introduction Ever wonder what other allergists are reading?  After sorting through the long list of articles published on Medscape during the past year, it seems our member audience of allergists and clinical immunologists was most interested in: Food allergies Influenza Itching The top 10 articles list is comprised…

  • Are we harming ourselves?

    “I’m allergic to everything!”  Ah, you’re smiling.  Is this really possible to be allergic to multiple drugs?  Evidently this is true according to a recent study published in Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 108 (2012) 88–93. Multiple drug intolerance syndrome: prevalence, clinical characteristics, and management byEric Macy, MD and Ngoc J. Ho, PhD. So what is…

  • News You Can Use on Food Allergy

    So how much can we hear about food allergy? As unfortunate as it is to have a severe food allergy, what bothers patients most is lack of reliable information about their condition and the lack of concern about a potentially fatal reaction.  Just look on Facebook to find hundreds of stories about the tragedy of food allergy or…

  • The year in review (2011)

    Advances in allergic skin disease, anaphylaxis, and hypersensitivity reactions to foods, drugs, and insects in 2011.  J Allergy Clin Immunol 2012;129:76-85 So what’s new in allergy to foods, drugs, and insects?  I promise, I won’t bore you with basic science facts useful only for allergy boards, but here’s some facts for you to digest with the…

  • The Holidays are Here–How about Allergy?

    HoHoHo!  It’s Christmas time.  Holiday safety is especially important for patients with allergies.  Regardless of whether you have asthma or food allergy, here is a great handout from the AAAAI about “Handling the Holidays!” Feel free to use this handout in your practice! Allergy to Christmas….really?  How about those Thanksgiving dinners? Any risk for allergy? Enjoy and…