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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Kavanaugh. #Me Too exploded. People took sides. What stuck with me though was 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…
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People love allergy bracelets for their kids. I don’t. I think they do far more harm than good. But first, what is it? It’s a bracelet that your child wears that lists all their allergens so that adults who interact with them will be aware of what can trigger a reaction. (For those who don’t…
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Regardless of how you answered that question, it is a fact that many parents with children with allergies treat their children as disabled. We think they cannot do for themselves. We feel the need to protect them. We demand that others accommodate their disability. It’s interesting, isn’t it? We live in an era when we…
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