Did you know that you can get your Epi-Pens or your Auvi-Q (new brand of epinephrine auto-injector) for free? Both companies are offering a $0 Co-Pay program. I wasn't aware of these programs until a friend told me - before that I was paying over $100 each time I needed to get a … [Read more...] about How to Get $0 Co-Pay for Epi-Pen or Auvi-Q
Food Allergies
New Summer Camp for Kids with Food Allergies
I am happy to announce that there is a new summer camp in Oregon for kids with food allergies. As far as I know, it is the only one of its kind. When I told my daughter about how she wouldn't have to worry about the food if she went to a camp like this, she said wide-eyed, "It … [Read more...] about New Summer Camp for Kids with Food Allergies
My daughter has a new allergy and you might be surprised at this one
About a month ago, I gave my daughter a new soup to try: Amy's Lentil Soup. It is delicious with quality ingredients and she ate it up one day after school, before gymnastics. I added cooked rice to it and it made a great powerhouse snack! The next week I made it for her dinner, … [Read more...] about My daughter has a new allergy and you might be surprised at this one
If you carry EpiPens, please read this
A friend of mine, who is also a mom of a child with food allergies, talked to me recently about how she has not been diligent about taking the EpiPen with them wherever they go, and about how her husband hasn't taken responsibility for bringing the emergency medication when he … [Read more...] about If you carry EpiPens, please read this
Turning off food allergies – have researchers found a way?
Researchers were able to turn off peanut allergy in mice by tricking their immune systems into thinking the nut proteins were not a threat to the body. The researchers at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine attached peanut proteins onto white blood cells and then … [Read more...] about Turning off food allergies – have researchers found a way?
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