Sentences with phrase «pediatric allergy»

There are also several other pediatric allergy books that say that blueberries are ok from 6 - 9 months old as well.

He is an internationally - renowned expert in pediatric allergy.

Robert Wood, director of pediatric allergy and immunology at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore says,» «This is the first real data to support that emerging theory,» that earlier exposure to peanuts may well save them from severe or life - threatening allergies to peanuts.

«Studies of twins suggest that about 80 percent of the risk for food allergies is heritable, but little is known so far about these genetic risk factors,» says Prof. Young - Ae Lee, a researcher at the MDC and head of the Charité's outpatient pediatric allergy clinic.

«It gives us hope that in another few years we'll have a treatment that can go into the clinic,» says Wesley Burks, MD, the chief of pediatric allergy and immunology at Duke University Medical Center, in Durham, N.C., who was involved in all three studies.

As both a pediatric allergy and pulmonary nurse and mother of children with food allergies, Lisa provides an insight into the emerging food allergy developments.

Making matters worse, the number of people with peanut allergies doubled over a recent five - year period, from four in 1,000 people in 1997 to eight in 1,000 in 2002, according to Robert Wood, MD, director of the division of pediatric allergy and immunology at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore.

«We did this study to understand whether, in addition to PM2.5, coarse particulate matter contributes to asthma development and morbidity,» said Corinne A. Keet, MD, PhD, lead study author and associate professor of pediatric allergy and immunology at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

He's a pediatric allergy specialist at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City.

SOURCES: Robert Wood, M.D., division chair, pediatric allergy and immunology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore; Vicki Thayer, president - elect, Winn Feline Foundation, and veterinarian board - certified, feline medicine

«Most people who are real cat lovers elect to suffer some, or take medicines, rather than give up their pet,» said Dr. Robert Wood, division chief of pediatric allergy and immunology at Johns Hopkins Children's Center in Baltimore.

«Unfortunately, there really is no such thing as a hypoallergenic dog,» Dr. Jonathan Field, emeritus director of the pediatric allergy and asthma clinic at New York University / Bellevue Medical Center in New York City.