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	<title>Allergies: A Leickly Story</title>
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	<description>Pediatric Allergist Frederick E. Leickly - Indianapolis, Indiana</description>
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		<title>Allergy-Problems from a global perspective</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The global problem of Allergy I came across a very interesting and powerful editorial that summarized many issues dealing with the worldwide problem of allergy. Allergy is a major health problem-clearly not in everyone and not in the majority of the population. Worldwide allergy affects 10-30% of people. As far as a single chronic clinical [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Making and Keeping Appointments</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An interesting thing happened in the offices (Riley and North) this past month. I had only one new patient not arrive for a new allergy appointment. That represents a 98% rate of show for my new patients. That is great!! As with many offices, we also struggle with appointments made but not kept. What happened [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pediatricallergyindy.com/2012/02/01/making-and-keeping-appointments/</link>
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		<title>Antihistamines</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; There is a very nice review about histamine and antihistamines in the most recent Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology by Drs. Simons and Simons. The review was to commemorate 100 years since the discovery of histamine as a mediator and 70 years since antihistamines have been available for clinical use. H1 antihistamines are [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pediatricallergyindy.com/2011/12/24/antihistamines/</link>
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		<title>Indy&#8217;s Child- Peanut Allergy Post</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ An article, Understanding Peanut Allergies: Considering the factors before you become peanut-free, appears in this month&#8217;s Indy&#8217;s Child. I was interviewed for a program called &#8216;Riley Speaks&#8217; and this was a topic of great interest. A few things to add. I prefer the use of the term &#8216;peanut-safe&#8217; in deference to &#8216;peanut-free&#8217;. The terms safe and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pediatricallergyindy.com/2011/12/11/indys-child-peanut-allergy-post/</link>
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		<title>Egg Allergy and the Flu Vaccine</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A notice today has taken a significant amount of uncertainty regarding egg allergy and the flu vaccine. We have seen a number of changes over the past few years. The flu vaccine-egg connection is going down the pathway that the MMR vaccination has taken. The most recent recommendation is that all children should get the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pediatricallergyindy.com/2011/12/01/egg-allergy-and-the-flu-vaccine/</link>
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		<title>A Great Day in the Clinic</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today was an exceptional day in the Allergy Clinic. I see three new patients in my afternoon session. Today, two of the three children had problems that I had published on and one had something that I also struggle with. During my fellowship in allergy, I worked with family in which 7 boys were affected [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Skin Testing for Aeroallergens</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Position Paper: Practical guide to skin prick tests in allergy to aeroallergens I was alerted to this article by my partner Dr. Vitalpur. It comes from Allergy (European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology) 2011 . The purpose of the article was to provide ‘pocket guidelines’ from a consensus report regarding the use of allergy skin [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pediatricallergyindy.com/2011/11/30/skin-testing-for-aeroallergens/</link>
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		<title>Top Docs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My most sincere thanks to my peers for being nominated as a &#8216;Top Doc&#8217;. The November issue of Indianapolis Monthly has the listings and specialties. Congradualations to Dr. David Patterson who was also recognized in the field of allergy/clinical immunology. The listing includes 352 physicians in 56 different specialties. I have had this honor since [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pediatricallergyindy.com/2011/10/27/top-docs/</link>
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		<title>Oral Food Allergy Challenges</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is a very interesting article on food allergy. It involves the use of diagnostics used to declare ‘food allergy’ and how this declaration of a food allergy can be verified by doing a food challenge. This work was performed at National Jewish Hospital in Denver, Colorado. The reference for this is - Oral Food [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pediatricallergyindy.com/2011/10/04/oral-food-allergy-challenges/</link>
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		<title>Influenza Vaccine and Egg Allergy 2011-2012 Season</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the recent editon of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) News (AAP News September, 2011) there is an article on the influenza vaccine recommendations for this upcoming &#8216;flu&#8217; season. It mentions the precautions that need to be taken when egg allergy is part of the child&#8217;s story. This article had a very nice algorithm. [...]]]></description>
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