Allergy Notes, Evidence-based Information by Board-certified Physicians

What molds to select for skin prick testing?

What is the difference between pine tree allergy and "Christmas tree allergy"?

Egg allergic patients may tolerate some foods with eggs, but not others - why?

"So You Have Asthma Too" educational video for children

Future forms of immunotherapy - what is practical?

Which antihistamines to use in chronic kidney disease and hemodialysis?

Diagnosis and management of drug hypersensitivity reactions

Skin test is better than blood test (sIgE) for evaluation of milk allergy, but oral challenge is the best

First example of IgE response to ectoparasite (tick bite) giving rise to food allergy (meat)

Masitinib, a c-kit/PDGF receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor, may improve corticosteroid-dependent asthma

Sublingual immunotherapy (SLIT) - a Twitter summary from the 2011 ACAAI meeting

How to differentiate between allergic and nonallergic rhinitis on clinical grounds?

Vitamin D in asthma and allergic diseases - a Twitter summary from the 2011 ACAAI meeting

Chronic urticaria - a Twitter summary from the 2011 ACAAI meeting

Advair and Singulair (montelukast) among top 10 best-selling medications in the U.S.

Food Allergy - a Twitter summary from the 2011 ACAAI meeting

Opsoclonus Due to Diphenhydramine (Benadryl) Poisoning (video)

Profilin - a pan-allergen among plants crossreacts between pollen, fruits, vegetables and latex

Common variable immunodeficiency (CVID) - a Twitter summary from the 2011 ACAAI meeting

Allergic rhinitis - a Twitter summary from the 2011 ACAAI meeting

Humidifiers may be among the risk factors for childhood asthma

Hygiene hypothesis and allergic diseases - a Twitter summary from the 2011 ACAAI meeting

Wheezing in infancy - not every wheeze is asthma

Asthma - a Twitter summary from the 2011 ACAAI meeting

Allergen-specific immunotherapy - how does it work?

Aspergillus niger and its role in human diseases

Top asthma articles - summary from 2011 CSACI meeting

Pollen Walk - brief videos introduce the major environmental allergens

Enhancing communication with asthma patients to improve outcomes - summary from 2011 CSACI meeting

When to discontinue SCIT? And omalizumab?

Vitamin D in asthma - summary from 2011 CSACI meeting

8.2% of the U.S. population has asthma - 25 million people

FeNO use in asthma monitoring - summary from 2011 CSACI meeting