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Expert_badge Gina Clowes

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No Joel Stein, we're not nuts!

"Your kid doesn't have an allergy to nuts. Your kid has a parent who needs to feel special. Your kid also spends recess running and screaming, "No! Stop! Don't rub my head with peanut butter!" Those are the words and opinion of opinion columnist-turned-pediatric allergist Joel Stein in his article "Nut Allergies: A Yuppie Invention." I'm sure... Read moreChevron
posted 01/28/2009, comments (0)|
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Why There's No Need for Food Allergy Hysteria

Are we being hysterical? December 13, 2008, professor of medical sociology and attending physician, Dr. Nicholas A Christakis, published an article in the British Medical Journal called "This allergies hysteria is just nuts." He asserts that the "extreme responses" to food allergies and nuts in particular, "...bear many of the hallmarks of mass... Read moreChevron
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An Epidemic of Allergic Anaphylaxis and Maybe of Allergy Hysteria

A recent study published this month in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology concludes "that the term "epidemic" can correctly be applied to anaphylaxis, as it is to asthma, allergic rhinitis, and eczema."   If we are experiencing an epidemic of anaphylaxis and other allergic disease, it seems reasonable to me that schools... Read moreChevron
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7 Tips for Being An Allergic Host

The Jewish holidays are this month and I'm hosting the breaking of the fast: Yom Kippur. Traditionally this meal is indeed "breakfast": bagels, lox, cream cheese -- three major no-nos for me. I'm wheat and dairy intolerant and allergic to salmon. However, my guests, many of whom will have fasted for 24 hours will want traditional... Read moreChevron
posted 09/15/2008, comments (0)|
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How to Deal With Food Allergy Bullies (including Parents)

As mentioned during my previous blog, sending your food allergic child to school can be worrisome and stressful for multiple reasons. Not only do you have to worry about your child's physical safety, but you have the additional concerns of their emotional health because they may eventually encounter someone who will be completely insensitive,... Read moreChevron
posted 08/28/2008, comments (0)|

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