Health


ChatGPT: Let’s Be A Step Ahead This Time!

ChatGPT. Here we go again! Can anyone keep up with the fast pace of technology?  If you haven’t heard of this yet, go check it out. I can guarantee you that your kids know all about it. ChatGPT is an AI search engine that’s smart as heck. Just put in your essay prompt, ask a […]

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Pot: Today’s Cigarettes?

Pot, Weed, Dope- call it what you may. Smoke it, eat it, inhale it- whatever you like. It’s the miracle substance of the day. It will solve all your ailments with absolutely no side effects. Physical problem? Check. Emotional? Check. How is that possible? Haven’t we been sold this before? How can something so powerful […]

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Treatments Around the Corner

What a rush! Next-Gen Food Allergy Drug Development Summit was unreal. A mere twenty years ago, if your child had an allergy, all you heard was that you had to stay away from the food. Doctors had no cure at hand, no treatment to support parents. Just one thing- stay away or possibly die. Unacceptable.

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There’s More to Health Than Meets The Eye

Typically when we have a medical issue, we focus on our physical ailment and work to fix our bodies.  After all, that makes sense: the body is malfunctioning, so let’s fix the body.  But as human beings, we are not just our bodies. Science has now firmly established that our emotional and psychological outlooks and […]

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The Story Behind The Story

The Story Behind The Story

Dr. Swati Gandhi and I recently collaborated on Navigating OIT. This guide is designed for parents helping their children through oral immunotherapy or tolerance induction therapy. If that is something you are dealing with, this book is for you- from how to manage it from a parenting perspective to specifics on recipes and going through […]

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First Impressions Matter: I HAVE ALLERGIES

First Impressions Matter: I HAVE ALLERGIES

Would you put a sign on your child front and center of what kinds of allergies they have? Apparently enough people would that this is a product sold by Target. On an allergy forum I am in, parents were so exuberant for this find. I just don’t understand. The reality is that we judge books […]

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Allergies and Us.

Allergies and Us.

Typical conversation between parents of children with food allergies: “Mom #1- I always feel bad about my daughter not being able to have the bday snacks that are brought into school because of her allergies and found a great solution- I’ve made a cupcake for her even better than what everyone else has. I was […]

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What About The Drinking?

What About The Drinking?

What stuck with me through the Kavanaugh #MeToo cancellation is that no one talked about drinking. Drinks are such an acceptable part of our culture that no one even dared suggest that maybe… just maybe, we should all do something other than drink with each other every time we hang.  We revel in stories of […]

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Family First

Family First

I was recently struck by comments in an “allergy mom’s group” in which a mother leaves a family gathering.  One mom asked if she was overreacting for taking her child home when her in-laws had a meal filled with her child’s allergen even though there was other food that the child could eat… after all, her […]

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Leadership

Leadership

Leadership is a trait that every individual should have.  Some, will take their leadership to a communal level and be our next generation’s leaders; others will be individuals who lead by example, making our world a better place one good deed at a time. How do we develop leadership in ourselves and others?  It only […]

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