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: Anish R Maskey, BS, PhD student–IgE and Non-IgE medication options for EoE and potential treatment with Traditional Chinese medicine and compounds
Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EoE) has been a stubborn problem for many food-allergy sufferers. The esophagus is infiltrated by white blood cells called eosinophils--the same culprit involved in cases of allergic asthma--causing constriction, difficulty … [Read More...] about Conference Speaker: Anish R Maskey, BS, PhD student–IgE and Non-IgE medication options for EoE and potential treatment with Traditional Chinese medicine and compounds
Conference Speaker: Anna Nowak-Wegrzyn, M.D., PhD–Novel Therapies for Food Allergy
Those who have followed this website since its inception will remember the name Anna Nowak-Wegrzyn, M.D., PhD. In a long-ago post she discussed her work with the US Department of Defense on a food allergy policy for recruits*. She is now Professor of … [Read More...] about Conference Speaker: Anna Nowak-Wegrzyn, M.D., PhD–Novel Therapies for Food Allergy
Conference Speaker July 24: Jan Geliebter, PhD–The Role of Microbiota in Eczema
Dr. Geliebter will speak on the interplay between microbiota, the immune system and genetics, as well as the complexities of current data on microbiota and pro- and prebiotics treatments. He received his Undergraduate Degree in Biology from the Hebrew … [Read More...] about Conference Speaker July 24: Jan Geliebter, PhD–The Role of Microbiota in Eczema
Conference Speaker July 24: Raj Tiwari PhD–Western diet and false alarm hypothesis in food allergy
The Western diet is high in substances called high-glycation end products that keep the immune system in a vigilant inflammatory state. When an individual is also food allergic, the presence of allergens may provoke an excessive response that mimics a normal … [Read More...] about Conference Speaker July 24: Raj Tiwari PhD–Western diet and false alarm hypothesis in food allergy
History is Made at Lunch
By Henry Ehrlich The outline for the next big step in the search for a cure for food allergy traveled from New York to Palo Alto in a purse. I know because I saw it Tuesday when I joined Dr. Xiu-Min Li and Dr. Kari Nadeau at a restaurant near Mount Sinai … [Read More...] about History is Made at Lunch
Genetically Modified Foods and the Practicing Allergist
By Dr. Larry Chiaramonte The theme of genetically modified foods is going to loom larger and larger as the incidence of food allergies increases. With the world’s population increasing, there is pressure to grow crops more efficiently, and the centuries … [Read More...] about Genetically Modified Foods and the Practicing Allergist
Air Quality in Reno Craps Out Again
By Caroline Moassessi (This is our fourth report from Caroline in five years about smoke and air quality in Reno, Nevada.) That familiar smell began creeping into Reno today. A sick feeling started in my stomach and made its way down to my toes. I … [Read More...] about Air Quality in Reno Craps Out Again
Editing a Theme Issue of a Medical Journal: Q&A with Brian Schroer, MD
Dr. Paul Ehrlich, co-founder of this website, says that in the olden days, dust for testing and immunotherapy was collected by paying church ladies to collect their household dust. The process is much more refined now, but there’s a movement afoot to ban the … [Read More...] about Editing a Theme Issue of a Medical Journal: Q&A with Brian Schroer, MD
Allergies in Central Australia? You’ve Got to be Joking!
By Dr. John Weiner Well, that was my reaction way back in 1992 when I visited Alice Springs for the first time with my family. We took along a German exchange student who was staying with us, and, together with my wife and three teenage children, we thought … [Read More...] about Allergies in Central Australia? You’ve Got to be Joking!
Using Smartphones to Track Asthma Compliance
By Henry Ehrlich Part of our mission at Asthma Allergies Children world headquarters is to help leverage the knowledge of specialists like Dr. Chiaramonte and Dr. Ehrlich to make treatment more effective. As both of them have written, and we have continued … [Read More...] about Using Smartphones to Track Asthma Compliance
Life in the Abstract–Part Two
By Henry Ehrlich Three abstracts from AAAAI in San Diego by our contributors : 47 Allergic Sensitization and Environmental Exposures In Amish and Hutterite Children Dr. Mark Holbreich, MD et al RATIONALE: In separate studies of two US farming … [Read More...] about Life in the Abstract–Part Two
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