AANMA’s 15th annual Allergy & Asthma Day Capitol Hill paid tribute to research and innovative technologies that make a difference in the everyday lives of America’s families with allergies, asthma, anaphylaxis and COPD – and called on Congress to ensure patient access to evidence-based care based on National Institutes of Health asthma and food allergy guidelines.
“It wasn’t that long ago when asthma and severe allergies, like anaphylaxis, were treated with fumigating powders, caustic vapors, opium and stramonium cigarettes,” said AANMA founder and president Nancy Sander. “Don’t let healthcare cost-cutting send us back into the dark ages.”
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Get one for yourself and all your friends! “Wear to Care” and show your colors in support of AANMA’s programs. These are an exclusive design from Pura Vida and are handmade in Costa Rica. NOW AVAILABLE IN THE ONLINE STORE!!
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What’s behind the locked attic door that Grandma doesn’t want you to find? What secrets are hidden in the overgrown garden just beyond the fence? Who will win AANMA’s Mystery Writer’s Summer Contest?
Kid-friendly asthma inhalers that look like colorful butterflies or whimsical rabbits, the humble inhaler reimagined as a fashionable necklace with interchangeable jewels – these ideas took top honors in Allergy & Asthma Network Mothers of Asthmatics (AANMA)’s nationwide Ultimate Inhaler Contest.
By Melissa Attias, CQ Today Online News Lawmakers from both parties on Thursday agreed to help allergy and asthma advocates in their effort to block a Food and Drug Administration proposal that could make some prescription medications available over the counter.
By Nancy Sander It wasn’t that long ago when asthma and severe allergies, like anaphylaxis, were treated with fumigating powders, caustic vapors, opium and stramonium cigarettes.
AANMA announces the Top Ten Innovations in Technology Awards — products and services that have meaningfully improved quality of life for people with allergies, asthma and related conditions.
These weren’t the clinical-looking, L-shaped canister devices people think of when they picture an asthma medication inhaler. We saw a vibrant variety of creative designs and colors. Some who entered envisioned inhalers cast as everyday fashion items and accessories
Get one for yourself and all your friends! “Wear to Care” and show your colors in support of AANMA’s programs. These are an exclusive design from Pura Vida and are handmade in Costa Rica. NOW AVAILABLE IN THE ONLINE STORE!!
The Federal Register isn’t high on the average person’s reading list. It is the official Daily Journal of the U.S. government where federal agencies post announcements for public response: www.federalregister.gov. On February 28, 2012, FDA posted a “new paradigm” for public consideration –
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