Child Care Conference Lecture-Food Allergy Testing
On May 19th, 2010 I participated in the Child Care Conference. This has been a Riley tradition for many years. My colleague in Pediatric Gastroenterology, Dr. Sandeep Gupta put this idea together on ‘Puzzling, Perplexing, Problematic Allergies in Children. He wanted pediatric allergy, dermatology, and gastroenterology to present together issues common to each specialty that [...]
May 24, 2010
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Almost Famous!
Is Your Kid Truly Allergic? Tests Add to Food Confusion Last week I was interviewed by a reporter from the Wall Street Journal. The topic was food allergy. The reporter came across this website and thought that I be a good resource for her article. We had a delightful talk that went on for 45 [...]
January 26, 2010
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Tags: Food Allergies, Food Allergy, Food Allergy Epidemiology, Food Allergy Testing · Posted in: Allergy Testing, Food Allergies, Phadia Allergy Tests
Peanut Allergy vs. Peanut Sensitization
Allergy or tolerance in children sensitized to peanut: Prevalence and differentiation using component-resolved diagnostics. N. Nicolaou, M Poorafshar, C Murray, A Simpson, H Winell, G Kerry, A Woodcock, S Ahlstadt, and A Custovic.  Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology(JACI) 2010;125:191-7. This article appeared in the most recent JACI. Almost as soon as I read the [...]
January 24, 2010
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Food Allergy among Children in the United States – Article Review
Food Allergy among Children in the United States Authors: Amy Branum and Susan Lukacs Reference: Pediatrics Volume 124 (6) December 2009 This title caught my eye. The impression in clinical practice is that more and more children have food allergy. This article looks at the prevalence of food allergy in children. I wanted to get [...]
December 1, 2009
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Increase in Food Allergy in Children
Today’s Indianapolis Star (Sunday November 29, 2009) had an article “Researchers can’t explain rise in kids’ food allergies”. According to a study that will appear in the December issue of Pediatrics The number of children with food allergy is up to 18%. The information came from surveys of parents and health care organizations. This pre-publication [...]
November 29, 2009
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Tags: Article Review, Food Allergies, Food Allergy Epidemiology · Posted in: Allergies, Food Allergies, Interesting Stories
My letter to the editor of Bottom Line Personal
I have never written a letter to the editor that I have actually sent. Most of them wind up in the circular file (aka file 13, trash etc). I usually feel better having written them, but I do not have a track record in this regard. Perhaps doing this blog has emboldened me. After all [...]
February 15, 2009
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Fenugreek and Legume Sensitivity
The case of Fenugreek Up until a week ago, I had never heard of fenugreek. On my first day back at Riley to start the 2009 new year, I had a young man, just under 2 years of age who presented with concerns about reactions to legumes. The list of suspects included peas, green beans, [...]
January 12, 2009
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Tags: Allergies, fenugreek, Food Allergies, peanut · Posted in: Allergies, Food Allergies, Interesting Stories
