by Alabama Allergy Admin | Feb 21, 2015 | AAAAI, allergy, Dr. Soong
Hi! Most of our group is at our annual AAAAI allergy meeting (aaaai.org). I’m listening to a lecture on “How the Microbial Environmental Influences the Development of Allergic Diseases.” This is my final post on why there is an increase in allergies...
by Alabama Allergy Admin | Feb 14, 2015 | alabama, allergy, Dr. Soong, Uncategorized
Hi, everyone. This is part of my ongoing series on why we are having more allergies. I have talked about the 20-year-old hygiene hypothesis theory and Nobel-winning immune tolerance discovery. Now it appears that bacteria in our gut are playing a huge role in...
by Alabama Allergy Admin | Feb 13, 2015 | alabama, allergy, Dr. Soong, Immunology
Hi! Today I’m discussing why Americans are becoming more allergic, known as the Hygiene Hypothesis. I first need to give some background on immunology. In the late 1990’s, immunologists discovered the other half (maybe even more than half) of the immune system....
by Alabama Allergy Admin | Feb 12, 2015 | alabama, allergy, Dr. Soong, Immunology, pollen, schools, Uncategorized
Hi all! I often get questions about why Americans are developing more allergies. I am going to start periodically posting interesting articles about this subject. Here is my first post…The hygiene hypothesis is probably the leading theory. We are living in a too...
by Alabama Allergy Admin | Feb 9, 2015 | epipen, schools, Uncategorized
Attention Educators and School Nurses! Mylan Specialty the makers of EpiPen is offering a unique program to assist schools (K-12) in obtaining EpiPens at no cost for the newly passed EpiPen legislation in the state of Alabama. If you are interested in taking advantage...
