Should epinephrine be available over-the-counter?
My answer may surprise you (but hopefully not!). I was invited to speak at a conference in December 2025 about […]
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What ChatGPT Thinks Parents Want to Know About OIT
Is AI (Artificial Intelligence) getting it right about AI (Allergy/Immunology)? I asked ChatGPT “What are the top three questions parents ask about oral immunotherapy for food allergies?” It’s responses: fascinating. ChatGPT collects its
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Food Allergy Planning for your next trip to Walt Disney World
Magically mitigate worries about food allergies Navigating food allergies is one thing when you’re home. But away on vacay? That’s a whole different story. Nowhere is perfect, but when it comes to finding
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When Food Allergy Prevention is Too Late
Another great interview with Tamara Hubbard I had the pleasure of talking again with my friend and colleague Tamara Hubbard,
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“May Contain Anxiety”
An interview with Tamara Hubbard about her new book on food allergy anxiety I had the pleasure of interviewing my
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Dining Out Safely with Food Allergies
3 Keys to Staying Safe when Dining Out For parents managing their child’s food allergies, dining safely with food allergies
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How Advances in Oral Immunotherapy (OIT) are Treating Food Allergies in Kids – Dr. Alice Hoyt and Dr. Tom Chacko
Dr. Alice Hoyt welcomes Dr. Tom Chacko, a board-certified allergist from Atlanta, to dive into the complexities of food allergies,
5 Plans All New Food Allergy Moms Must Have
Receiving a food allergy diagnosis for your child can feel like the world has suddenly shifted beneath your feet. What
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Is Xolair really “superior” to OIT?
I recently attended the AAAAI 2025 conference, where I was invited to speak on the ages and stages of school-aged
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A Deep Dive into Oral Immunotherapy (OIT) with Dr. Richard Wasserman
Oral immunotherapy (OIT) has revolutionized the way we manage food allergies in children. Dr. Richard Wasserman, a true pioneer in
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Are the kids from the LEAP Study still free from peanut allergies?
LEAP Trio Study: Can introducing peanut in infancy prevent peanut allergy in adolescence? And what if your baby already has
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Product Review: Palforzia for Peanut Allergy
Palforzia is the food product approved by the FDA to treat peanut allergy. In this article, I review Palforzia and
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Xolair for Food Allergy: Can it really prevent severe allergic reactions?
After two decades of treating asthma, Xolair is now FDA-approved to combat severe allergic reactions from food allergies. But what
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Anaphylaxis: What’s New
Unpacking the 2023 Anaphylaxis Practice Parameters with Dr. Dave Stukus: Expert Insights into Anaphylaxis Management The landscape of food allergy
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OIT: All You Need to Know in <10 Minutes
Topic: Oral Immunotherapy (OIT) Take a deep dive into the world of oral immunotherapy with Dr. Alice Hoyt, a trusted
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Don’t set a resolution – do this instead (and with your kiddo)…
Topic: Use Dr. Hoyt’s 3-Step Plan to have an Awesome New Year without setting a Resolution. You don’t have to
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Can SLIT induce remission in young kiddos with food allergies?
SLIT = Sublingual Immunotherapy. Can it safely and effectively treat food allergies? SLIT is the new kid on the block
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Airlines and Food Allergies: My Follow-Up to the Fox Business Article
Flying and Food Allergies – a Polarizing Topic I was recently asked to answer questions about flying and food allergies.
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Food Allergies and Shared Decision-Making: What Parents Must Know
Shared Decision-Making? What’s that? Shared decision-making is the practice in which patients play active, central roles in making decisions about
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The Risks of SLIT and OIT in Food Allergy – What You Need to Know
Okay, let’s get to it. What are the risks of OIT and SLIT for kiddos with food allergies? In this […]
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An Easy Approach to Early Food Allergen Introduction with Dr. Katie Marks Cogan
You’ve heard about “early food allergen introduction…” Early food allergen introduction is important to help prevent babies from developing food
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How to be a Food Allergy-Informed Parent
Do you ever wonder if you’re doing all the right things to be the best food allergy parent you can
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Baby’s First Foods: How, When, and What to Feed Your Baby
I get asked all the time, “Dr. Hoyt, how and when should I start feeding my baby solid foods?”
Starting solids can be exciting and, well, kinda scary, for parents…
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Stock EpiPens for Schools… for FREE!
Are you a mom, dad, teacher, or school nurse who worries about being prepared for an allergy emergency? On top
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What to Expect at Your Kiddo’s Food Allergy Appointment
Do you know what to expect at a food allergy appointment? Learn about the three stages of most food allergy appointments so you can be informed and prepared!
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After the Reaction: How to Be Prepared for Your Food Allergy Appointment
After a food allergy reaction, that food allergy appointment can’t come soon enough. Here are strategies for navigating that time period to decrease anxiety!
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3 Top Food Allergy Podcast Episodes from Dr. Alice Hoyt in 2022
From OIT to FPIES to all types of food allergies, Dr. Alice Hoyt covered a lot in 2022! Is your favorite food allergy podcast episode on the list?
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Fun, Screen-Free Activities for Kiddos During Long Appointments
Doctors’ appointments can be long, especially allergy appointments. Skin testing, ingestion challenges, and oral immunotherapy (OIT) can take time, so Pam and Dr. Hoyt interviewed Dr. Betty Choi for her fun, screen-free strategies to keeping her kiddos entertained.
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Oral immunotherapy and sublingual immunotherapy – for your kiddo?
Like many parents of kiddos with food allergies, this disease may cause you much anxiety, and you’ve wished there was a way to help keep your kiddo safe. Oral immunotherapy (OIT) and sublingual immunotherapy (SLIT) may be options, but who are good candidates for these treatments?
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Inside the Mind of a Food Allergist: Types of Food Allergies
Have you ever wondered what a food allergist is thinking when he or she is asking you so so so many specific questions? And why he or she keeps interrupting you to get very minute details about your kiddo’s story? It’s because the food allergist is trying to determine…
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Eczema and Food Allergies: Further Clarifying the Connections
There’s absolutely a strong connection between eczema and food allergies, and that connection may not be what you think it is! Read this post to learn how these two conditions are related…
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Eczema and Food Allergies: Clarifying the Connections
If you have a child with eczema or food allergy or both, chances are you’ve wondered what causes these two disorders. In fact, there’s absolutely a strong connection between the two. But that connection may not be what you think it is…
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Preventing nut allergies, one puff at a time
When it comes to feeding babies, all parents want to get it right. This is especially true when those parents are trying to introduce foods to their babies to prevent the development of food allergies like peanut allergy. Can food allergies like nut allergies be prevented? If so, does preventing nut allergies have to be complicated? Read to find out, and check out this fantastic podcast episode!
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3 Back-to-School Strategies for Food Allergy Families
Back-to-school time can be both exciting and nerve-wracking, especially for food allergy families. Meeting new teachers and starting new classes can be stressful enough, but add food allergy management to the mix, and the worry factor can jump ten-fold. But rest easy! Food allergy mom Pam Lestage and food allergist Dr. Hoyt recently discussed their three simple strategies to an awesome back-to-school. Check out this episode of the podcast for all the details, but here is an overview!
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UPDATE! Stock Epinephrine and the Laws that Support It: Louisiana Edition
Stock epinephrine and anaphylaxis training save lives. But do all states permit early childcare centers to stock epinephrine or even require center staff know how to prevent recognize, and respond to anaphylaxis? No. But now Louisiana does!
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Top 3 Tips for an Awesome Summer with Food Allergies
Summertime is a time for fun in the sun, but for families managing food allergies, summer can also be a time of anxiety. But don’t worry – you’ve got this! We’ve got your back with our top three tips for having an awesome summer with food allergies.
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The Allergists Talk Oral Immunotherapy – OIT – for Food Allergies
OIT is a treatment for food allergies, but how does it really work? And who is and is not a candidate? Dr. Hoyt discusses all things OIT and food allergies with her colleague and fellow OIT allergist Dr. Hugh Windom.
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Seasonal allergies have met their match with Dr. Hoyt’s allergy regimen!
Seasonal allergies can make you feel seriously bad. But don’t let those itchy drippy sneezy symptoms get you down! Check out Dr. Hoyt’s own seasonal allergies treatment regimen and ask your doctor if this may be right for you!
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Allergy Versus Immune Tolerance
In food allergy, the immune system is like a playground. The balance of allergy and immune tolerance is like a see-saw. Food allergy is not just the activation of allergy cells by a food. Food allergy is the lack of…
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Celiac Disease: What It Is and Isn’t and What To Do About It
Celiac disease is a condition that affects millions of people all over the world. Still, it often is misunderstood. Celiac […]
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Do food allergies cause eczema? Here are the facts!
Food allergies are a hot topic right now. There seems to be a new food allergy every day, and many
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What is EOE and what role does IgE play in this food allergy?
Has your kiddo been diagnosed with eosinophilic esophagitis, also called EOE? If so, then you may be wondering what this […]
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What are non-IgE-mediated food allergies, like FPIES and FPIAP?
Do you know what non-IgE-mediated food allergies are? If not, you’re not alone. Many people have never heard of food
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What are IgE-mediated, life-threatening food allergies?
Did you know that food allergies can be life-threatening? It’s true. In fact, anaphylaxis is a life-threatening allergic reaction that
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The Superdome turned teal for Food Allergy Awareness Week!
To kick off Food Allergy Awareness Week, the New Orleans Superdome turned teal! New Orleans has one of the best,
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Can allergies cause swollen lymph nodes? Here’s the answer!
Does your kiddo ever have swollen lymph nodes? Do you wonder if food allergies or seasonal allergies or pet allergies
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The Mamma’s Guide to Food Allergy Skin & Blood Testing
Food allergy skin and blood testing can be confusing. I wrote this ebook to educate parents on food allergy skin prick and blood testing.
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Are Ring Pops Gluten-Free? How to Determine if Snacks are Safe!
Have you ever wondered if Ring Pops are gluten-free? Or maybe you’ve wondered if Saf-T-Pops are indeed safe for your
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Food Allergy Awareness Month: How You Can Prepare to Spread the Word About Food Allergy
Food allergy awareness month starts soon. This is an important time because it shines a light on this important issue.
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Stock Epinephrine and the Laws that Support It: Louisiana Edition
Stock epinephrine is epinephrine prescribed to an entity, such as a school, to be used in an allergy emergency. Epinephrine is the medication that stops and treats the life-threatening allergic reaction “anaphylaxis.” Some young children…
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FPIES with expert Dr. Anna Nowak-Wegrzyn
FPIES is a food allergy that does not involve allergic antibodies, but it can still be severe. Learn more about this food allergy from world-renown expert Dr. Anna Nowak-Wegrzyn!
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How to Prepare Your Babysitter or Nanny to Manage Food Allergies
Finding a great babysitter or nanny can be tough, and how do you prepare that person to manage food allergy? We have the help you are looking for!
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Your State’s Stock Epinephrine Laws
Stock epinephrine saves lives. Learn more here about your state’s legislation on this important issue.
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A New Approach to Practicing Food Allergy
At the Hoyt Institute of Food Allergy, Dr. Alice Hoyt leads a team of food allergy-focused healthcare professionals in meeting your family’s food allergy needs.
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Food Allergy 101, Teacher Edition – What Teachers Need to Know!
We love our teachers and produced this episode about food allergy with them in mind!
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Teal Pumpkin – make this your new not-so-spooky tradition!
Learn trick-or-treat strategies for kiddos, especially those with food allergies!
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Peanut Oral Immunotherapy – The Preschooler’s Mama’s Experience
Hear a mom’s experience with her family’s oral immunotherapy journey!
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Who is Dr. Alice Hoyt?
Pam interviews food allergy specialist Dr. Alice Hoyt.
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Disney Planning Tips for Families with Food Allergy
Disney and food allergy go together like Mickey and Minnie! If you’ve ever been to Walt Disney World, then you
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5 College-Prep Strategies for Food Allergy Families from FARE’s Kristi Grim
Prepping for college… when should you start thinking about it? (Hint hint: now!) In this episode, Pam and I talk
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Food allergy and counseling
De-Stress with Strategies from Tamara Hubbard, LCPC How often do you worry about your kiddo who has food allergy? And
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Turning anaphylaxis tragedy into purpose
Death from anaphylaxis is rare. But when it happens to your child, the rarity of it doesn’t matter. And how
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Food allergy school policies
Schools develop food allergy related policies to try to keep kids safe, but how many of these policies are evidence-based?
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Food allergy and parenting – the parent needs…
When it comes to parenting a kiddo with food allergy, remembering that epi is only one of the many challenges
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School, Flying, and Food Allergy – What do the Experts Say?
Kiddos have many challenges growing up in this global era, and, unfortunately, food allergy further complicates things like school and
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Food allergy on social media – ask an expert, but not on social.
Social media is a relatively new world, and just as navigating the “real” world with food allergy can be challenging,
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Food allergy and bullying
Bullying comes in many flavors, and when it’s related to your kiddo’s food allergy, it’s even more heart-breaking and can
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Parenting and school preparedness
Co-host of the Food Allergy and Your Kiddo Podcast has picked her top three favorite posts! Topics Pam selected included parenting and
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Research in treating early food allergy and on preventing anaphylaxis
This past week, I attended the AAAAI meeting. My teams and I presented research posters on treating early food allergy
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5 Steps to Medical Emergency Planning at School
Medical emergencies can be scary and even scarier at school, but planning a response may seem daunting. So how can
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Food allergy and nutrition strategies
If your kiddo has a food allergy, then you may wonder “Is my Sweet Pea getting enough good nutrition despite
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Organize food allergy test results
Maybe you have thought about this and somewhat organize your kiddo’s food allergy test results in a binder, or maybe
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Food allergy testing and immune tolerance
Yep, you read that title right: food allergy testing is not the be all, end all, as it does not
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How an allergic reaction really works
Have you ever wondered how an allergic reaction works? Wondered what is going on inside the human body during an
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Goal-setting strategies for an amazing new year
New Year’s resolutions can be stressful, right? Sometimes they seem so pass-fail that you avoid making one at all. That
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Food challenge safety: what say the data?
The safety of a food challenge is probably the first thing that goes through your mind when your allergist suggests
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Most Popular Food Allergy and Your Kiddo Podcast Episodes of 2020
Did your favorite Food Allergy and Your Kiddo Podcast episode make the list? You can find a podcast on so
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Can OIT help your kiddo eat safely at a restaurant?
Oral immunotherapy – OIT – can make kiddos with food allergy like peanut allergy more tolerant of the allergen, but […]
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How to read a medical journal article
Have you ever wanted to read an article from a medical journal the way your doctor reads an article? Doctors
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Food allergy prevention in babies
Feeding babies potentially allergenic foods… what does the evidence say about food allergy prevention? Recommendations for when to feed babies
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Food allergen labeling made easy!
Have you ever attended a party and wished the food had been labeled for allergens? Food allergen labeling is super
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Online food allergy testing
Read this before ordering any “food allergy” testing online! Okay, food allergy mama+papa, let’s talk about online food allergy testing.
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Parenting a Kiddo with Food Allergy
Parenting is hard enough, but with food allergy too? Knowing the kryptonite is a great first step! Y’all, parenting ain’t easy
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Gatherings, Parties, and Food Allergy
Gatherings can be stressful, especially when managing food allergies! If your kiddo has food allergies, then gatherings – parties, tailgating,
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Wheat Allergy or Gluten Sensitivity or Celiac or Something Else?
Many folks ask me, “Dr. Hoyt, what’s the difference between a wheat allergy and gluten sensitivity and Celiac Disease?” I
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School nurses are allergy superheroes
When you think about what your school nurse does all day, you may think about your kiddo with food allergy
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How School Nurses are Preparing for Back-to-School with COVID
Have you ever wondered how school nurses prepare for your kiddos with food allergy? Especially with COVID, how are school […]
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6 Steps to a Successful Evacuation for Your Family with Food Allergy
Are you wondering how to have a successful evacuation – hurricane, fire, etc. – with your kiddo who has food
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Worried about food allergy and anaphylaxis and NOT having epinephrine? This will help!
Parents of kiddos with food allergy fear anaphylaxis and also that their kiddo won’t have epinephrine. Have you or your
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Food allergy and food insecurity – the Food Equality Initiative will help.
This is a special episode. Can you imagine having a child who has food allergy and that food insecurity challenges
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Ingestion challenges for babies
A baby can have a peanut allergy, and the peanut challenge procedure determines that diagnosis. You’ve probably heard about doctors
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Back-To-School Checklist for Kiddos with Food Allergy
This time of year for your kiddo with food allergy is already stressful. Plus, add COVID-19 to the stress of
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Truths and misconceptions about auto-injectors like EpiPen
Do you know what information is true and what’s not true when it comes to epinephrine from an auto-injector like […]
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Peaches, Pollens, Peanuts, and Food Allergy?
Did you know there is more than one way to be allergic to a peach? Read more here, and hear the podcast!
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Food allergy and the nutrition label
Especially during COVID, it’s important to know where to find your kiddo with food allergy safe by knowing where allergensare listed on a
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Mom challenges
Food allergy moms are faced with challenges every day. Things like “do these cookies contain egg” and “I wonder if
Food allergy podcast by a board-certified allergist
Demystifying Food Allergy via Podcast I am so excited to demystify food allergy through my new Food Allergy and Your
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Peanut Allergy Oral Immunotherapy (OIT) Palforzia
Peanut allergy has an FDA-approved OIT treatment Peanut allergy affects 2-5% of children. The treatment plan for peanut allergy recommended by
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Early Peanut Oral Immunotherapy (OIT)
Early Peanut Oral Immunotherapy (EPOIT) can decrease the severity of peanut allergy in young children. Say what?! Let’s discuss early
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