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James Thompson, MD

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Board Certified Allergist and Asthma Specialist

Allergy Treatment: A Healthy Dose of Hookworms?

How far are you willing to go to treat your allergy and asthma problems?   Would you allow your doctor to infect you with parasitic worms in order to suppress your allergy immune system? Apparently there are allergy sufferers who would.   A physician/scientist conducted a study that involved the intentional infection of 15... Read moreChevron
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author & psychotherapist

A Town Free From Allergies? Visit Baabe, Germany

An entire town in Germany has taken allergy-friendliness to the next level.   Baabe, Germany According to The Local, a German news Web site, "The German Baltic Sea resort town of Baabe is to be named the world's first "allergy-friendly community" by the European Centre for Allergy Research Foundation (ECARF)."   Now this is news... Read moreChevron
posted 06/17/2008, comments (0)|
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author & psychotherapist

Zagat Allergy Guide Missing Something: Food Allergies!

When I first saw the ads for Out and About with Allergies by Zagat, I was really excited. The Zagat guide is going to take on allergies and food?! Rock on!   But it wasn't exactly as I had dreamed, at least not yet.   In a partnership with GlaxoSmithKline, the pharmaceutical company that creates the allergy medication Veramyst,... Read moreChevron
posted 06/11/2008, comments (0)|
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Hi I'm new here

Hello everyone,   I'm new here and so I will take a moment to share.  I live in Nebraska, I have severe allergies w/astham and vocal cord dysfunction.  I am in the process of starting my own business to accommodate my illnesses.    Because of the illnesses I can no longer participate in social groups like I used... Read moreChevron
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James Thompson, MD

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Board Certified Allergist and Asthma Specialist

Sublingual Immunotherapy and Oral Immunotherapy: Are WE There Yet?

Many publications about sublingual immunotherapy (SLIT) have been cited in recent years. Sublingual immunotherapy is widely used in Europe as a form of desensitization. Desensitization is a method of making a person less sensitive to allergy triggers (for example pollen, dust mites, cat, dog).  Sublingual Immunotherapy is different from... Read moreChevron

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