Fire On The Mon

  You might be shocked or saddened, or both, if you listen to Dr. Deborah Gentile (Pediatric Alliance — Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Division) describe the condition of her pediatric asthma patients in the asthma clinic she runs at the Clairton School...

May 2 Is World Asthma Day

World Asthma Day   By Deborah Gentile, MD & Sergei Belenky, MD, Pediatric Alliance — Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology.         Asthma — An Overview Asthma is a chronic disease involving the airways in the lungs. These airways,...

Storm In The Land Down Under

  We are livin’ in a land down under Where women glow and men plunder Can’t you, can’t you hear the thunder? Then I run then I take cover — Men At Work – Land Down Under   For the last several years, Australia has been suffering...

Germs — A Dog’s Great Gift

  Growing up, my family had a labrador retriever named Timmy. Timmy was a good dog. He had a unique talent for finding rocks around our backyard — the bigger the better — and dropping them on our feet. Timmy lived a good, long, and happy life. After...

Keeping The Bugs In Us Healthy

Three new studies examine the link between a healthy microbiome (the bacteria that make you up, explored in January on The PediaBlog here and here) and a healthy human. The first study, published in Pediatrics last month, found that childhood allergies are less likely...