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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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
West Coast on Fire
By Elizabeth Muller As I write this white ash is visible in the polluted San Francisco Bay Area air, wafting down from a smoky orange sky and into our lungs, a dangerous byproduct of wildfires burning in California, Oregon and Washington. Already this is … [Read More...] about West Coast on Fire
Asthma in the Emergency Department: Déjà vu All Over Again
By Dr. Larry Chiaramonte What would April be without citing the wisdom of the eminent Italian-American philosopher, Yogi Berra? In a recent paper entitled “Low Rates of Controller Medication Initiation and Outpatient Follow-up After Emergency Department … [Read More...] about Asthma in the Emergency Department: Déjà vu All Over Again
Allergy or Junk Food? Wimbledon Victory Attributed to Gluten-Free Diet
(In 2011, Novak Djokovic owned the world of tennis. On the eve of the Wimbledon championship, we look back at his diet claims.) By Dr. Larry Chiaramonte First of all, congratulations to Novak Djokovic for his victory over Rafael Nadal at Wimbledon. He … [Read More...] about Allergy or Junk Food? Wimbledon Victory Attributed to Gluten-Free Diet
Big Mac with a Side of Asthma
By Dr. Larry Chiaramonte A study published in the journal Thorax indicates that asthma, eczema and allergic rhinitis are more severe among children who eat three or more weekly servings of fast food. The authors studied more 320,000 13-14 year olds in … [Read More...] about Big Mac with a Side of Asthma
God Bless Dr. Spock
By Kathy Franklin-- I had the great luck to read Dr. Spock’s Baby and Child Care before my child was diagnosed with food allergies. His common-sense advice made raising a food-allergic child much, much easier than it might have been. You’re the … [Read More...] about God Bless Dr. Spock
Book Review
Food Allergies: a complete guide for eating when your life depends on it Scott H. Sicherer, MD Johns Hopkins Press By Henry Ehrlich One thing obvious to anyone who follows social media related to food allergies is that many questions arise in everyday … [Read More...] about Book Review
When a Cough Isn’t “a Cough”: Asthma Sneaks Up On Mom
By Susan Weissman My son was three years old before he revealed the limits of his lungs. Eden’s onset of allergic asthma occurred after what already seemed like a fair lifetime of severe food allergies. When the Big Kahuna - peanuts, milk, etc. - rode in on … [Read More...] about When a Cough Isn’t “a Cough”: Asthma Sneaks Up On Mom
Treating Minds as Well as Lungs; Study Shows Long-Term Psychological Effects from Childhood Asthma
By Dr. Larry Chiaramonte The headline read, “Asthmatic kids likelier to suffer from anxiety and depression”. The story went on to say that a team of Australian psychologists found, “…having asthma at age five was tied to a higher vulnerability for the later … [Read More...] about Treating Minds as Well as Lungs; Study Shows Long-Term Psychological Effects from Childhood Asthma
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