Allergy & Asthma Network Mothers of Asthmatics (AANMA)

‘Food Allergies’

Locally Grown: A Little Dirt Never Hurt

Published April - 24 - 2013

It’s spring! Plant a little happiness in your backyard or in containers on the front steps this year.

Start with a packet of seeds or a six-pack of your favorite herbs and veggies from the garden center. Buy lush, healthy specimens, plant in good soil, add water and tend according to directions. Read the rest of this entry »

ACE Team Spotlight: Food For Thought!

Published January - 30 - 2013

By Gary Fitzgerald

One chef drizzled coconut ginger sauce on a plate of rice pudding. Another blended papaya, mango, honeydew and strawberries into an ambrosia salad. A third topped a sugary gelatin with a fresh pineapple slice.

A scene from the reality TV cooking show “Top Chef”?

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Anaphylaxis Answers Save Lives And Regrets

Published October - 1 - 2012

SEPT. 28, 2012, McLean, VA – What would you do if faced with a child experiencing a life-threatening allergic reaction? It’s a question Allergy & Asthma Network Mothers of Asthmatics’ national network of Anaphylaxis Community Experts, or ACE Teams, pose in free training programs for educators, families and policymakers across the country.

Knowing the answer could save a life and a lifetime of regret.

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For Superman, it’s kryptonite that leaves him gasping.

For Sally, it’s peanuts. Milk for Jamal. Shrimp for Mrs. Watson. And for the plumber? Bee stings.

That’s why these everyday heroes always carry two lifesaving epinephrine auto-injectors everywhere, every day!

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Head South of the Border

Published July - 12 - 2012

By Chef Michelle Austin

Crank up some salsa tunes because we’re heading south of the border. They’ll be asking for seconds when you serve these always endlessly adaptable, incredibly edible Bang-Up Burritos and Simple Salsas!

Oh – and while we’re talking:  My recipes are meant to become YOUR recipes! Let me know what works or what you did to substitute one ingredient for another. Read the rest of this entry »

The Right Preschool Makes a Difference

Published May - 30 - 2012

By Linda Marienhoff Coss

In May 1993, I was determined to find a preschool for my son with severe food allergies. Life-threatening food allergies were far from mainstream knowledge, and there were few reliable resources on the subject. I had no idea what it would take to create a Read the rest of this entry »

Ask the Allergist: Oral Allergy Syndrome

Published May - 17 - 2012

By Richard Weber, MD

Q: Sometimes my mouth tingles when I eat melons – is this a food allergy?

A: It’s a kind of allergy called oral allergy syndrome, tied to the fact that some fruit and vegetable proteins are genetic cousins to certain pollens, like ragweed. Read the rest of this entry »

By Dana Wallace, MD

Q. How can I tell when to use auto-injectable epinephrine? I don’t want to use it or go to the hospital if it’s not necessary.

A. There is no way to predict how severe an anaphylaxis episode might become, so the time to begin treatment is when symptoms first develop. Read the rest of this entry »

Bring on the Holiday Yummies

Published December - 16 - 2011

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 »

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 Mylan Specialty:

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