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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Conference Speaker Susan Prescott
Register here now for the 7th Annual Medical Symposium for Immunology & Wellness The following is a review I wrote for Dr. Susan Prescott's book, The Allergy Epidemic. A decade later, I invited her to speak to our conference on July 25. To my … [Read More...] about Conference Speaker Susan Prescott
7th East-West Integrative Medical Symposium for Immunology & Wellness
By Henry Ehrlich This website has slowed to a crawl during the pandemic. We have lost one of our founders Dr. Larry Chiaramonte. We also suffered another significant loss. But we're trying to get back on our feet. Today we announce to upcoming 7th East-West … [Read More...] about 7th East-West Integrative Medical Symposium for Immunology & Wellness
Food Allergy Management in the Age of COVID-19
Our friend and contributor Anne F. Russell, MS, BSN, RN, AE-C , along with several collaborators, has published a new study to help nurses and doctors work with parents of food allergy patients on negotiating the challenges of feeding their families and … [Read More...] about Food Allergy Management in the Age of COVID-19
Portland Smoke: 500 Miles to Blue Sky
By Jessica Dabler Martin When I first moved to the Portland, Oregon area in 2004, I believed it “rained all the time.” Perhaps the best kept secret of the Pacific Northwest is that it only rains about eight months of the year with four months of the most … [Read More...] about Portland Smoke: 500 Miles to Blue Sky
Word Games
By Henry Ehrlich Today, May 21st would have been my father’s 90th birthday. Eugene Ehrlich was known by many for his authorship of numerous books about writing and language—notably The Oxford American Dictionary and a couple of Latin phrase books, as … [Read More...] about Word Games
Smell Triggered Symptoms
By Dr. Mark Cullen One of the most vexing problems in all allergy is the patient who discovers that certain common smells--sometimes from “chemicals” but often from totally natural things like flowers—make them feel sick. Symptoms can range from typical … [Read More...] about Smell Triggered Symptoms
Naughty or Nice? New Guidelines for Exhaled Nitric Oxide Will Lead to Better Asthma Control
By Dr. Larry Chiaramonte The American Thoracic Society [ATS] has now issued guidelines for the use of something called fractional exhaled nitric oxide [FEno] in assessing the severity of asthma. This is a welcome development for a technology that has already … [Read More...] about Naughty or Nice? New Guidelines for Exhaled Nitric Oxide Will Lead to Better Asthma Control
“Hypoallergenic” Hype—What Does the Word Really Mean?
By Henry Ehrlich The other night on Facebook, a food allergy Mom complained: “Play-Doh is marketed as hypoallergenic...ummm...NOT. Wheat is the main ingredient. Soy-Doh is also marketed as hypoallergenic because it doesn't use wheat. Well, soy is in the top … [Read More...] about “Hypoallergenic” Hype—What Does the Word Really Mean?
The Case of the Missing H
By Henry Ehrlich Usually when people use the term "missing h" they are referring to drug evidence that has disappeared from the storage room at a police station, as happened in real life in the French Connection case. Or "Mickey Cohen's missing h" in … [Read More...] about The Case of the Missing H
Message to Readers of AsthmaAllergiesChildren.com from EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson
(Note: After we posted news of the EPA's Asthma Leadership Awards on our home page, EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson sent this personal call for action) Asthma is a chronic disease that affects nearly 25 million Americans and one in every ten children in … [Read More...] about Message to Readers of AsthmaAllergiesChildren.com from EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson
Half a cigarette a day for your asthmatic child
By Elizabeth Muller Parents with children who have allergies and asthma are used to checking the pollen count and ozone levels, much in the same way that other parents check the daily weather. These things may impact how they organize their day, and how … [Read More...] about Half a cigarette a day for your asthmatic child
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