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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First Food Allergy Treatment Approved by FDA
BRISBANE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: AIMT), a biopharmaceutical company developing and commercializing treatments for potentially life-threatening food allergies, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration … [Read More...] about First Food Allergy Treatment Approved by FDA
Letter from Melbourne—an Allergist Reports on the Australian Wildfires
Australian wildfires are a daily part of the news cycle. Astronauts in the international space station are watching as smoke circles the earth. Players have withdrawn from the Australian Open, one of the four grand slam tournaments. A billion animals dead. To … [Read More...] about Letter from Melbourne—an Allergist Reports on the Australian Wildfires
Effects of Sleep Deprivation & Exercise on Food Allergy Reactions
As reported in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, team of UK researchers administered an estimated threshold dose of peanut in a blind challenge. Then participants with a confirmed allergy "underwent 3 open peanut challenges in random order: with … [Read More...] about Effects of Sleep Deprivation & Exercise on Food Allergy Reactions
Dupilumab—Real World Lessons from a Blockbuster Drug
By Henry Ehrlich We have covered this breakthrough drug for years from before FDA approval when a presentation by Dr. Emma Guttman-Yassky at a New York Allergy & Asthma Society dinner treated the audience to “before” pictures of atopic dermatitis that … [Read More...] about Dupilumab—Real World Lessons from a Blockbuster Drug
Allergic Living Interview with Sports Owner, Hollywood Producer
(Excerpted with permission of Allergic Living Magazine) From hanging out with movie stars to schmoozing with international royalty, Ted Leonsis enjoys a pretty glamorous lifestyle. Still, days spent on planes, film sets, galas and sports arenas present a … [Read More...] about Allergic Living Interview with Sports Owner, Hollywood Producer
On the Book and Asthma Trail
By Caroline Leavitt When I was writing my novel Pictures of You, I never intended to write about childhood asthma. My own asthma was practically non-existent and I hadn’t wanted to revisit that terrible time when it was not, an era of ERs and hospitals and … [Read More...] about On the Book and Asthma Trail
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
Local Honey
Sneezing in South Brooklyn wrote: Can local honey help with springtime allergies? If so, how does it work, how should it be used, and where can I find a good variety for my location? Dear Sneezing, The short answer, in language you would surely … [Read More...] about Local Honey
Writing my way to asthma compassion
By Caroline Leavitt Can writing heal? I’ve always written about the things that plagued or puzzled me, about the situations I wanted to better understand. But if you had told me that I would ever write about my childhood asthma, I’d never have believed it, … [Read More...] about Writing my way to asthma compassion
Nut-Free Schools: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
By Dr. David Stukus I couldn’t believe it had come to this. I was the first allergist this family had seen for their 10-year-old son, who had a peanut allergy. They came to see me as a last resort before pulling their son out of school. He had attended … [Read More...] about Nut-Free Schools: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
The Case of the Down Jacket—A Seasonal Allergy Mystery
By Dr. Paul Ehrlich As faithful readers of this website and our book know, changing weather brings with it allergic symptoms, most of which allergists can predict. For example, I am writing this on the day (January 2, 2013) that New York City sanitation … [Read More...] about The Case of the Down Jacket—A Seasonal Allergy Mystery
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