The sizzle of chicken, onion, cilantro, and carrots is a welcome sound as Pranav Bajaj watches a chef whip up… Read more »
Food Allergy
Must-Have College Tips for Students with Food Allergies
Plastic bins or cardboard boxes, which is your college packing pleasure? My son, now a graduate student, liked the bins,… Read more »
Anaphylaxis Over Ocean: MD Finds No Epinephrine Vial in Plane’s Kit
Is there a doctor on board? Yet again, we come across a story of an emergency 30,000 feet up in… Read more »
After Quebec Teen’s Food Allergy Death, Her Parents Call for OIT Clinics
A Quebec teen has lost her life to a severe food-allergic reaction, and her grieving parents are not even certain… Read more »
Eating Out with Allergies Safely [Allergy Mom Video]
Megan Lavin has become an advocate for eating out with allergies. Yet, she knows well that even the idea of… Read more »
Why Your Plane’s Medical Kit May Lack Drugs Like Epinephrine
As passengers, we trust that airlines have essential medications and tools in their medical kits, in case of a health… Read more »
Is Needle-Free Epinephrine Coming Soon?
Epinephrine auto-injectors are essential, lifesaving medications for people with allergies to food, medication or insect stings at risk of anaphylaxis.… Read more »
MD Ignites Debate: Why No Auto-Injectors, Other Drugs in Plane Medical Kits?
Dr. Andrea Merrill’s tweet caught my eye on June 12, and I certainly wasn’t alone. The surgeon posted about an… Read more »
Grandmother Broke Our Traditions to Include Me and My Food Allergies
On our visits to India, my maternal grandmother, who I call Dida, would ask us about dinner – before we… Read more »
Q&A: Dupilumab Approved for EoE, Plus Hope for More Therapies
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved dupilumab for eosinophilic esophagitis in patients 12 and up in May 2022. This… Read more »