By Chef Michelle Austin
Bye-bye fruit salad, hello hot chocolate and holiday cookies! With the holiday season upon us, yes, we tend to put away our lighter fare for festive treats that ol’ St. Nick would be proud of. Tasty snacks and hot drinks are great for long afternoons building snowmen or swishing down the ski slopes. Read the rest of this entry »
After more than 50 years on the market, Primatene® Mist, the only nonprescription bronchodilator inhaler, will no longer be manufactured, sold or distributed in the United States as of Dec. 31, 2011. Why not? Because Primatene Mist, which is inhaled epinephrine, contains chlorofluorcarbon (CFC) propellants.
Three cheers! Wisconsin is now the 48th state to protect students’ right to carry and use their lifesaving anaphylaxis medications at school. On November 23, Gov. Scott Walker signed a law that allows a student while in school, at a school event, or Read the rest of this entry »
A new bill from U.S. Senator Pat Roberts (R-KS) as well as an amendment by Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC) to separate legislation seek to allow epinephrine inhalers that contain chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) propellants to stay on the market, rather than Read the rest of this entry »
Q: My boy has asthma but loves playing sports. Can kids with asthma grow up to be sports heroes?
Absolutely yes! To do that, though, you’ll need to get and keep asthma symptoms under control.
It’s after the diagnosis! Now what!? That’s the question that prompted AANMA and American College of Allergy Asthma & Immunology to develop two Internet television productions sponsored by Dey Pharma, LP:
Food labeling laws and peanut-free ballparks are a few signs there’s much greater awareness of food allergies nowadays. But are things really getting any better for our kids?
My daughter Brooke grew up owning food allergies, anaphylaxis, the whole bit. Yes, I was scared at first — terrified, really. She was a baby! With asthma,
rhinitis, eczema and reflux disease! Sick and malnourished!
State’s new law allows schools to keep and use auto-injectable epinephrine for students who suffer severe allergic reactions
WASHINGTON, DC, AUG. 16, 2011 — Illinois took a definitive step forward yesterday in helping protect students as Gov. Pat Quinn signed into law the School Access to Emergency Epinephrine Act, which lets schools stock and use Read the rest of this entry »
Are your kids sidelined with asthma, struggling to keep up with friends, always the last one picked on the team? Well, not all of us are born athletes, but being active is important, especially for kids with asthma. With us today to share his expertise on the subject is allergist James Sublett.
Is there such a thing as chocolate allergy? With us today to share his expertise on the subject is Allergist Bradley Chipps, fellow of the American College of Asthma and Immunology.
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