When a woman becomes pregnant, one of her first priorities is to keep her baby safe and healthy. But what if the expectant mom has asthma? Will breathing problems or the medications she takes to treat them affect the baby? AANMA president and founder Nancy Sander posed that question – and more – to Stanley Fineman, MD, a board-certified allergist from Atlanta, Georgia, in this edition of Ask the Allergist.

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Cycling through Asthma

Nathan Houck rediscovered the joy of cycling at age 50 – but soon faced an old nemesis: “After a summer of bicycling nirvana, my childhood asthma rediscovered me.” A trip to the ER was a wake-up call, and he’s now struggling to find a balance between playing it safe and staying just as active as his bicycle-club friends. Read the rest of this entry »