Dr. Xiu-Min Li has now shifted her research headquarters to New York Medical College in Valhalla, New York where she continues to conduct her usual robust scientific agenda in collaboration with other … [Read More] about Traditional Chinese Medicine
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The Worse the Pandemic Gets, the Weirder It Will Get
By Paul Ehrlich, MD The title above is from an excellent article in The Atlantic by science writer Ed Yong entitled “Immunology Is Where Intuition Goes to Die” which analyzes brilliantly the nature of the immune system and its paradoxes, which have been … [Read More...] about The Worse the Pandemic Gets, the Weirder It Will Get
Study on Food Allergies and Covid-19
Our friend and contributor recently sent us a request to share this with our readers: My name is Anne F. Russell, MS, BSN, RN, AE-C and I am conducting research in collaboration with Olga Kagan, PhD, RN on a study involving U.S. parents of 5 to 18 year old … [Read More...] about Study on Food Allergies and Covid-19
South Dakota Allergist: Inside View from a COVID-19 Hotspot
I recently began corresponding on Twitter with Dr. Brian A. Brennan, an allergist in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. I was curious to know how COVID 19 was affecting his practice in a location that seemed remote from the New York metropolitan area, where ambulance … [Read More...] about South Dakota Allergist: Inside View from a COVID-19 Hotspot
Confronting Covid-19 and the Face In the Mirror
FRANCIS V. ADAMS, MD Covid-19 has affected every aspect of life on this planet – how we live, and in many cases, how we die. No field or profession has been impacted more than health and medicine, especially for those who practice at the bedside. … [Read More...] about Confronting Covid-19 and the Face In the Mirror
Asthma pill tested against inhalers
Published on Sunday 24 July 2011 12:30 {Note: This article was posted on the website of NHS Choices, described as the online front door of the British National Health Service. It does a wonderful job of deconstructing a study that had received a lot of … [Read More...] about Asthma pill tested against inhalers
Allergy on the Frozen Frontier
By Henry Ehrlich Here at Asthma Allergies Children world headquarters, we keep a constant eye out for unusual voices in the world of atopy. Thus, it was with great excitement when a new Twitter follower showed up, Melinda Rathkopf, MD (@mrathkopf), who … [Read More...] about Allergy on the Frozen Frontier
Asthma: the Mother of Invention
By Mark Jackson “The commercial manufacture of the electric vacuum cleaner by William H. Hoover (1849-1932) in the early twentieth century had initially been driven by a desire to find a solution to dust-induced asthma. In 1907, irritated in the manner in … [Read More...] about Asthma: the Mother of Invention
Mrs. Cogan’s Condition
By George V. Higgins (When novelist George V. Higgins wrote about shots, he generally wasn’t referring to the medical variety, but in this scene from Cogan’s Trade (1974)—now a movie called “Killing Them Softly” starring Brad Pitt --he gives this … [Read More...] about Mrs. Cogan’s Condition
Palforzia Revisited–AAAAI Podcast a Quick and Enjoyable Introduction to New OIT Product
The new AAAAI podcast is about Palforzia--surprise surprise. It was recorded just three days after the introduction. Like all these podcasts the host is our friend Dr. David Stukus. Appropriately the interviewee is Dr. Andrew Bird from Dallas who contributed a … [Read More...] about Palforzia Revisited–AAAAI Podcast a Quick and Enjoyable Introduction to New OIT Product
Death Toll From Relaxed Restrictions on Coal
By Henry Ehrlich The New York Times recently put a death tag on new rules calculated to reduce the price tag for coal-fired power plans. “The administration’s own analysis…revealed on Tuesday that the new rules could also lead to as many as 1,400 … [Read More...] about Death Toll From Relaxed Restrictions on Coal
Developing Countries and Asthma
By Dr. Paul Ehrlich The World Allergy Organization Journal article featured on our Journals page “Asthma Care in Resource-Poor Settings” cites factors including “low accessibility to effective medications, multiple and uncoordinated weak infrastructures of … [Read More...] about Developing Countries and Asthma
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