Fall is upon us! If you’re literally itching to go out and enjoy the crisp air and do some fun fall activities, below are a few tips to keep your allergies and asthma in check. Fall and winter [...]
Get your spooky gear ready, everyone! As kids (and adults) put together cool and scary costumes for Halloween, families with food allergies have an extra concern to manage. That constant worry in [...]
Sydney was born at 7:16 AM on a beautiful September day. She was perfect; warm and squishy and she felt just right in my arms. Perfection. Weeks after Sydney was born, her perfect health gave way [...]
You’ve been there. You go to a doctor’s office or clinic for the first time and you have to fill out your medical history. There is always that question –“Do you have any drug allergies, and, if [...]
Happy 50th Birthday, IgE! A little over 50 years ago I was a research associate in the famous Biochemistry Institute in Uppsala, Sweden. I was really excited because I felt, for the first time in [...]
It’s time to go and see an allergist when you finally want to get to the root cause of the problem. A lot of times we try to put temporary band-aids on the problem and we really don’t find out [...]
Everyone has some ideas and knowledge they have picked up along the way about asthma and allergies. How would you answer these questions: Do I have to move to a cleaner city to make my [...]
Asthma – the dreaded a-word that pediatricians love to hate, and parents don’t always know how to recognize. Even when an adult patient comes in for his own appointment, I often hear, ͞I don’t [...]
My 18-month old son and I were visiting his dad at work. My son eyed the big bag of trail mix, with the brightly colored M&M’s with awe. “Some?” he asked, pointing to the jar. My husband [...]
