Food Allergy

The Troubling Topic of Gluten Sensitivity

We all have become better-educated by the media and the government about immunology over the past two months.  But, I think we are all also tired of hearing about and living with COVID-19 day in and day out.  I’ve been wanting to write about gluten sensitivity for a while since I heard a 2018 medical study on the topic that was...

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Peanut OIT 3.0: Rewards and Risks

In the past two years, I have written about peanut oral desensitization (i.e. OIT) during the month of July because of an annual meeting that takes in the early summer among those allergists who offer the treatment.  I have attended all three such meetings, the most recent one occurring late last month.  As we approach the FDA decisions...

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