The study’s findings can help allergists identify those patients with peanut allergy who are experiencing a poorer QOL. “A severely reduced QOL is the single most significant impact of food allergy on a patient and their family,” explains Mimi LK...
The study’s findings can help allergists identify those patients with peanut allergy who are experiencing a poorer QOL. “A severely reduced QOL is the single most significant impact of food allergy on a patient and their family,” explains Mimi LK...
The following is a summary of "Neighborhood environmental vulnerability and pediatric asthma morbidity in US metropolitan areas," published in the AUGUST 2023 issue of Allergy & Immunology by Kannoth, et al. Research has indicated that various factors,...
The following is a summary of “Is Once Versus Twice Daily Dosing Better for Adherence in Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease?,” published in the July 2023 issue of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice by Keyser et al. Patients with asthma and...
Maturing infant gut microbiota is associated with lower childhood risk for allergy-related wheezing and asthma.
The following is a summary of “sCD14 and Intestinal Fatty Acid Binding Protein Are Elevated in the Serum of Patients With Idiopathic Anaphylaxis,” published in the July 2023 issue of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice by Cao et al. Intestinal epithelial...
The following is a summary of “Refractory Anaphylaxis: A New Entity for Severe Anaphylaxis,” published in the July 2023 issue of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice by Pouessel et al. Anaphylaxis reactions range from relatively mild lower respiratory...
The following is a summary of "Neighborhood environmental vulnerability and pediatric asthma morbidity in US metropolitan areas," published in the AUGUST 2023 issue of Allergy & Immunology by Kannoth, et al. Research has indicated that various factors,...
The following is a summary of “Is Once Versus Twice Daily Dosing Better for Adherence in Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease?,” published in the July 2023 issue of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice by Keyser et al. Patients with asthma and...
Maturing infant gut microbiota is associated with lower childhood risk for allergy-related wheezing and asthma.
The following is a summary of “sCD14 and Intestinal Fatty Acid Binding Protein Are Elevated in the Serum of Patients With Idiopathic Anaphylaxis,” published in the July 2023 issue of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice by Cao et al. Intestinal epithelial...
The following is a summary of “Refractory Anaphylaxis: A New Entity for Severe Anaphylaxis,” published in the July 2023 issue of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice by Pouessel et al. Anaphylaxis reactions range from relatively mild lower respiratory...
Determinants of obesity and diabetes are strongly linked to genetic and epigenetic variations. With the increasing prevalence of diabetes and obesity, it is imperative to understand the various factors that influence metabolic function in the body, neural pathways,...
This is one of a collection of stories that are like “Final Destination” meets “The Monkey’s Paw” (W. W. Jacobs, 1902). As such, they are tragedies more than either mysteries or horror, and would appeal most to readers who enjoy the inexorable pull of a story arc...
Any discussion with doctors about avoiding liability for malpractice is hampered from the start because “negligence” is a very charged term. It conjures up images of a slipshod and blundering individual and so doctors understandably immediately become resistant....
"You can download an app for your phone that shows how many miles you didn't walk today."
"The handle of your recliner does not qualify as an exercise machine."
"You went camping and a bear mistook your blood for honey. Would you mind if I order a diabetes test for you?"
To curb inflation and turbulent markets, the US Federal Reserve has marked 2023 with rising interest rates. This economic climate has many financial experts apprehensive about a possible recession. According to Bankrate’s Fourth-Quarter Economic Indicator poll of...
A Medscape article reported on a 2023 JAMA Neurology study in that found medical crowdfunding, the practice of creating digital campaigns to raise money for health-related expenses, for neurologic disorders surged within 9 years at a yearly average rate of 44%. Of...
Risk and reward are inherent to providing medical care. As such, it is essential that patients understand all potential outcomes when making personal healthcare decisions, including the decision to forgo care against medical advice (AMA). According to medical...
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