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The ACAAI Job Source connects our members with new employment opportunities, and also lets members post available positions. The ACAAI Job Source includes all categories of allergy, asthma and immunology personnel, including physicians, program directors, investigators, laboratory technicians, nurses and administrators. Those seeking employment can access the Job Source at no cost, to search opportunities and to post their resumes for advertised positions. Employers can purchase advertisements for their available positions .
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Learn more about allergies and asthma and read about people who found relief from symptoms on ACAAI's patient and public site. The site also helps allergy and asthma sufferers find ACAAI member allergists to find relief.
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Ask Dr. Stan Fineman, ACAAI president, and ACAAI Experts your questions on asthma and allergy!
AsktheAllergist@acaai.org
What's in this year's flu vaccine?
Q: I thought the influenza vaccine changed each year. My nurse looked at this year’s influenza vaccine and found it has H1N1 again. Isn’t that swine flu, and why do we still need the same virus?
A: Your nurse is correct there is one strain of H1N1 (also known as swine flu) in this year’s vaccine. H1N1 is a subtype of Influenza A that has caused roughly half of all human influenza infections we’ve seen in the past several years. Influenza viruses are identified by two surface proteins: Hemagglutin (H) and Neuramidase (N)... Read more
Food Restrictions in Allergists Waiting Room?
Q: My 5-year-old is allergic to wheat, egg and peanut. Her allergist allows eating in the waiting room, without restrictions. My concern is that food could get on the chairs and carpet, and she could have a life-threatening reaction. What are the risks, and how can I share my concerns with her allergist?
A: Medically there is minimal risk from casual exposure to foods as would happen if someone were eating in the waiting room. Contact with food-covered chairs and airborne food allergen does not cause a life-threatening reaction. A food has to be ingested to cause such a severe reaction. Read more
Link to Archived Questions and Answers
Disclaimer: This advice is not intended to diagnose or treat, but concerns general recommendations; the archived questions and answers may not reflect all of the current knowledge in our field. As always, consult with your own physician.
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Infant food allergy reactions result of poor vigilance, errors
Infants and preschoolers with allergies to milk or egg have an 80 percent chance of at least one allergic reaction each year, according to a study in Pediatrics. About 65 percent of reactions were attributed to unintentional ingestion, label-reading errors, and cross-contact. Half were attributed to food not provided by parents... Read More
Allergen-specific IgE correlates with lower brain tumor risk
Men and women whose blood samples contained allergen-specific IgE had an almost 50 percent lower risk of developing glioma 20 years later compared to people without allergen-specific IgE, according to a study online in Journal of the National Cancer Institute. The study also suggested women with allergen-specific IgE had at least a 50 percent lower risk for gliobastoma... Read More
In The News Archives
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Practice Parameter Review
The Joint Task Force on Practice Parameters invites ACAAI members to review two draft parameters.
Environmental Assessment and Exposure Reduction of Cockroaches; A Practice Parameter. This is the first parameter on this topic. Comments will be taken until October 21, 2012.
Atopic Dermatitis: A Practice Parameter Update 2012. This is an update of the 2004 document. Comments will be taken until October 31, 2012.
2013 APFED HOPE Pilot Grant
The American Partnership For Eosinophilic Disorders HOPE Pilot Grant ($50,000 one-time annual grant), was established to initiate new projects relevant to eosinophilic disorders. Successful applications will focus on the development of new ideas which are likely to lead to future external funding. Application deadline is Oct. 2, 2012.
Registration is open for the 2012 Annual Scientific Meeting - Register Today
ACAAI awarded ACCME Accreditation with Commendation
The American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology has been resurveyed by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) and awarded Accreditation with Commendation for six years as a provider of continuing medical education for physicians.
"The College received the highest, most prestigious level of recognition,” said ACAAI President Stanley Fineman, MD, FACAAI. "To achieve 'Accreditation with Commendation,' Level 3, which is a six-year term, providers must comply with all 22 criteria. This achievement reflects the hard work and dedication of our Continuing Medical Education/Continuing Professional Development Committee, chaired by Tao T. Le, MD, MHS, FACAAI, and especially our staff under the leadership of Melanie Thorsen, MBAHC... Read more
Current Standards of Care and Advances in Immuotherapy: Roundtable Discussion
"Listen in" on the opinions and insights of top leaders in the field. Program supported by Merck.
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Allergy Fellow Skin Testing Workshop
The latest COLA is a workshop on skin testing for allergy fellows. It documents the process of performing skin test proficiency as recommended by the last practice parameter on diagnostic testing.
To view this lecture (and more) now, go to COLA column on the member homepage!
Online COLA conferences are now available for CME and CNE credits. View a conference as long as 6 months after it was given and receive CME/CNE credits. This service is expected to provide greater convenience to those who are unable to attend live conferences.
Upcoming Conferences (note all times listed are Central time):
October 1
10 a.m. Introduction to Immunology, Christina Ciaccio, MD
11 a.m. Ethical Issues in Pediatric Research, John Lantos, MD
October 5
10 a.m. Periodic Fever Syndromes, Sarah Anvari, MD
11 a.m. Allergy Research Conference, Tara Federly, MD
October 8
11 a.m. Patient Management Conference, Nakiti Raje, MD
October 15
10 a.m. Abbas chapter 1, Christina Ciaccio, MD
11 a.m. Allergy Journal Club, Sunena Argo, MD
October 19
10 a.m. Hereditary Angioedema, Tim Craig, DO
11 a.m. Sublingual Immunotherapy, part 2, Linda Cox, MD
October 22
10 a.m. Abbas chapter 2, Christina Ciaccio, MD
11 a.m. Laboratory conference, Marcia Chan, PhD
October 26
9:30 a.m. Research Conference, use of MARS, Rebecca Ballard
October 29
10 a.m. Abbas chapter 3, Christina Ciaccio, MD
11 a.m. Pediatric Research, Susan Rahman, PharmD
View Full Schedule and Past COLA Podcasts
View a sample COLA podcast below:
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