Cow’s milk and hen’s eggs allergies are among the most common in children. Increasing evidence is supporting that many of these children can tolerate baked milk or egg, such as in a cake or cookies. Studies have shown that 70% of children with egg allergy can tolerate cooked egg. 75% of children with cow’s milk […]
Raw Milk Benefits
Raw milk benefits have been studied over many years. We have known for many years the strong benefits of breast feeding that is protective against respiratory infections in early life and protection against allergies. A study was recently done looking at if cow raw milk might exert similar anti-infective effects in human infants. The PASTURE […]
Atopic Dermatitis (Eczema) Treatment
The mainstay of treatment for atopic dermatitis, also known as eczema has been topical steroids for years. Atopic dermatitis has a prevalence in the United States between 9-18% of the population. Approximately 50% of the patients develop the disease in the first year of life and 30% between 1-5 years of age. For many years […]
New law mandates epinephrine in California schools
Several months ago, a law was passed by the California legislature mandating the injectable epinephrine be stocked in all schools. The law, SB 1226 was signed by Governor Brown and goes into effect in 2015. In years past if a child had food allergies, the parents were responsible to bring the child’s epinephrine injector device […]
Fatal Anaphylaxis
Fatal anaphylaxis deaths has not been well studied in recent years. There is no registry for anaphylaxis related deaths. Anaphylaxis has increased over the years. A study was published from Albert Einstein College of Medicine looking at fatal anaphylaxis trends from 1999-2010. During that period of time there were 2458 fatal anaphylaxis cases for all […]
Sean Parker donates $24 million to Stanford for Allergy Research
Sean Parker, tech entrepreneur, who founded Napster and was an early investor to Facebook, has made a $24 million donation to Stanford University for allergy research. The new center will be called the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy Research. He is an asthma and allergy sufferer, who was limited in childhood playing sports because […]
How much peanut will cause an allergic reaction?
Peanut allergy has been on the rise over the years as we all read in the media. Many patients are being diagnosed as peanut allergic, but parents do not know how much peanut exposure will elicit a reaction, this is called the minimum eliciting dose (ED). Researchers have tried to determine at what amount will a […]
Allergies and Cancer
Allergies is the propensity to develop allergy antibodies against common environmental allergens. The immunologic basis of this is a deviation of the immune system towards an immune response that play a role in allergic inflammation. Individuals with allergy are at a risk for developing allergic rhinitis, asthma, eczema and food allergies. There has been a […]
Air Pollution and Asthma
Emerging evidence suggests that roadway air pollution causes childhood asthma. The costs of this can be quite high. A study was done in Los Angeles county looking at the regional exposure to Ozone and Nitrogen Dioxide and the cost burden associated with it. Approximately 36 million people in the United States live within 300 feet […]
Sinusitis Diagnosis and Management
Sinusitis is one of the most commonly diagnosed diseases in the United States. Rhinosinusitis is used interchangeably with the term sinusitis. Because of its importance, I will review the diagnosis and management of this disease. The definition of acute sinusitis is symptoms less than 12 weeks of nasal discharge, congestion, fever, cough and headache. Recurrent […]