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Allergy News - All the News That Itches for 4/08/08

allergyware@gmail.com (Leslea M Harmon, Allergy Mom) — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 04:05:02 GMT

What a great show. Music from podsafe music network. Write in to win a pillow from Allergy News and Land's End, listen in to a great interview with Gina Clowes of allergymoms.com! Plus headlines

Guest Victoria Groce discussing Celiac Disease and Food Allergies - Allergy News, All the News That Itches

allergyware@gmail.com (Leslea M Harmon, Allergy Mom) — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 05:48:14 GMT

Headline allergy news regarding gardening, cancer treatment, school lunches, more. An interview with Victoria Groce, about.com food allergy guide - and a Celiac-coping individual. Music this week from Ministry, the Black Crowes, and more from the podsafe music network. Visit allergyware.com for all the details, links, and more!

Allergyware.com Allergy News - All the News That Itches, and an interview with Living with Food Allergies blog carnival creator, Rational Jenn

allergyware@gmail.com (Leslea M Harmon, Allergy Mom) — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 09:14:05 GMT

Visit allergyware.com for complete show notes. Wow, this is one news & opinion-packed Allergy News. As promised, the interviews with fellow Food Allergy Mamas have begun! Meditteranean diet could spare kids from asthma and allergies if consumed by pregnant women Sublingual allergy drops Mysterious teen toothpaste allergy death Mom takes on Big Food Maternal distress raises risk of childhood asthma and allergies Allergy medicines may make subsequent attacks even stronger Family sues baseball team over allergies Churches now attempting to accomodate allergies The Blog of Failed Relationships, home of former allergy-sufferer Meredith Broussard–author of Everyone’s Gone Nuts Interview with Rational Jenn, leader of Living With Food Allergies Blog Carnival Podsafe Music this week from: Hungry Lucy, comfortable, & Mink Jaguar Music sampler from Kyle Dine (I swear it’s not a stage name)

A trip to the grocery store with a Food Allergy Family

allergyware@gmail.com (Leslea M Harmon, Allergy Mom) — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 01:52:39 GMT

We take you through the highlights of a trip to the grocery. Some commentary on-screen, some off. No dogs or children were harmed in the making of this film. Beautiful music by Friction Bailey. Here's to a healthy 2008! Visit allergyware.com to share your stories.

Allergy News - All the News That Itches

allergyware@gmail.com (Leslea M Harmon, Allergy Mom) — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 06:09:15 GMT

Podsafe music by Heart, Plain White T's, and more (see allergyware.com for full details). Age of kids with peanut allergy is creeping lower and lower, allergy gene located, chemical cocktail of ingredients in food (Robyn O'Brien), British pharmacies to provide gluten-free foods, live Christmas trees responsible for runny noses and sinus infections, safe holidays for allergic children, blog carnival, organic vs non-organic food info, probiotics 101, cnn video on food allergies. Add me as a friend on facebook (just make sure and send me a note and let me know you listen to the show). If you'd like to be interviewed for my food allergy book, please get in touch. I explain why this book is different from other food allergy books.

Allergy News - All the News That Itches needs your stories of life with allergies

allergyware@gmail.com (Leslea M Harmon, Allergy Mom) — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 06:54:37 GMT

If you have something to share about life with food allergies--the grief, the shock, the trauma, the drama, as well as the triumphs, successes, ways of coping, and peace you have made with your allergies, please get in touch. Always taking news tips, as well!

Revolution Health conference call with Dr William Storms, Mike Tringale, Allergic Girl, Jeanine from Our Story, Gina from Allergymoms, and Stephen Harmon representing Allergy News! Hosted by Cynthia Samuels.

allergyware@gmail.com (Leslea M Harmon, Allergy Mom) — Fri, 25 May 2007 10:34:42 GMT

Asthma, outgrowing health conditions, IgE, Zolair, allergic antibodies, Chinese medicine, inhaled steroids, herbal remedies, pharmaceutical market conditions, when your child fights his albuterol treatment, dealing with schools, first generation food allergy parents. This is an hour-long conversation covering important topics about asthma and allergy. It's not just the "glossy summary" information that you might hear or find on any website or recycled newspaper article. This is very progressive information, and straight talk from leading allergy professionals. Visit allergyware.com for more details on the call and the participants. I had to encode this at 32 bit instead of 64 bit due to the file size. I hope it sounds okay. You can also download the wav file on the revolution health site.

The Return of the Podcast!

allergyware@gmail.com (Leslea M Harmon, Allergy Mom) — Fri, 18 May 2007 01:16:33 GMT

Check out the blog for show notes. The blog has now moved to allergyware.com! Music courtesy the podsafe music network.

Allergy Headline News - All the News That Itches

allergyware@gmail.com (Leslea M Harmon, Allergy Mom) — Sat, 18 Nov 2006 12:25:59 GMT

The asthma update, see an allergist if you have a chronic cough, please! Visit Allergytranslation.com and support the show's sponsor. Tell your friends! Traveling with allergies has never been easier. Give the card to waitresses, hotel clerks, flight attendants, etc. Poison ivy allergy, asthma screenings in the US, 6 million kids with asthma, many undiagnosed. Don't send me your lice stories!, Genetically modified organisms, genetically engineered foods, why does FDA do nothing? Are the food companies doing a cover-up of how much the GMOs hurt us? Is this like the tobacco industry in the 50s? Do we need to go all organic? Allergic to sex? Semen allergy can be cured. Christmas trees are allergy trigger. Do you love the holidays? Medicine deaths in Panama (poisioning). If you're getting over your fall allergies, it's time to start treatment to prevent next year's reactions. Allergic eye disease? It's actually peanut allergy! Contest winner announced. Coming soon: breathXchange masks. Add me to your myspace, cafemom, vox, wordpress community! Top ten best-selling allergyware.com designs of all time are: do not feed this child, nut free zone, do not feed the animal, contents: one really cute kid, warning: this shirt may contain one incredibly precious child, What are you trying to do, kill me? (asthma), I love my child, no child lost to food allergies, peanut free zone, peanut awareness, a contest for the kiddies!, do you use a 504 plan, allergyhope.com details european allergy treatment, tootsie rolls and other treats are reported as safe for nut-allergic kids (tootsie rolls do have milk, though). Music by: kcsalto, In Need of Sympathy, Keith Varon, The Shakes, sevensidedstar, Mario Ajero on piano.

Halloween mail bag edition

allergyware@gmail.com (Leslea M Harmon, Allergy Mom) — Sun, 22 Oct 2006 03:38:50 GMT

See the blog at http://allergyware.wordpress.com for full show notes on music, web pages, links to resources, and how to enter the giveaway contest.

A very witchy, spooky, scary, wizardy Halloween Allergy News - Trick or Treat! A contest and stuff to giveaway!

allergyware@gmail.com (Leslea M Harmon, Allergy Mom) — Wed, 11 Oct 2006 12:46:30 GMT

Sometimes we try our best to educate our friends and family, but they still don't get it. This time of year they're handing out candy like they're POSSESSED or something (buh-dum-dum). Send in your thoughts, gripes, successes, or tips and win a prize! Listen to learn more. Other topics: Autism, MMR vax. Cover artwork is the scariest costume I found on the net!! ;) The robot keeps talking during the podcast. How to avoid accidental death in the hospital due to wrongly administered drugs. My MIL's accidental poisoning in the hospital. Is the Dr. always right? Articles: Peanut Allergy can return in kids who've outgrown it, a letter to class parents about food allergies, urgent email from a listener who says her Dr. won't let her eat anything, Rosie O'Donnell's comments on The View re: peanut allergy. Dial: 1-888-654-2278 (1-888-65GCAST), and when prompted, enter the phone number 225-553-7532 (CALL-LESLEA). When prompted for a pin, enter 1111. Then leave me a message! It doesn’t matter if you “save it” or “post it,” just record it! ) I will check the comment line once a week or so and if your comment works as part of the show, you might just hear yourself “on the air.” (Or should that be “on the wires”?) If you’re calling from outside the US, call +1-305-437-8719, then CALL-LESLEA, then 1111, just like above.

Food allergy cure, athlete allergic to cold, body piercings and nickel allergy, allergy shots for bee stings, fire ant anaphylaxis, almond allergy alert, asthma increases with start of new year

allergyware@gmail.com (Leslea M Harmon, Allergy Mom) — Sat, 16 Sep 2006 11:00:16 GMT

Food allergy cure, athlete allergic to cold, body piercings and nickel allergy, allergy shots for bee stings, fire ant anaphylaxis, almond allergy alert, asthma increases with start of new year, Headline allergy news, delivered by an Allergy Mom. A little mailbag talk, a little talk about the future of the show. Add me to your myspace! Visit the blog at allergyware.wordpress.com, the myspace at myspace.com/allergynews.

All the Mail that Itches

allergyware@gmail.com (Leslea M Harmon, Allergy Mom) — Sun, 10 Sep 2006 04:58:02 GMT

Just a quick catch-up on the ole mailbag. Talk about Halloween candy, some interesting statistics, I need your help expanding Allergy News--lots of interest but no one has signed on the dotted line yet...you still have time to become the title sponsor on a show with a world-wide audience...what else...lots more, just listen! :)

What is Allergy News?

allergyware@gmail.com (Leslea M Harmon, Allergy Mom) — Sun, 20 Aug 2006 03:28:59 GMT

Allergy News is All the News that Itches. Visit allergyware.wordpress.com for shownotes and clarification of anything I didn't explain well enough. Music courtesy of the podsafe music network. Upbeat Ska son in the background is entitled "Happy" and it's on my PMN page. :)

All the News That Itches for August 17, 2006, from allergyware.com

allergyware@gmail.com (Leslea M Harmon, Allergy Mom) — Thu, 17 Aug 2006 09:46:16 GMT

More school preparations, Vitamin E cream containing nuts bought at Sam's Club, Where the word "allergy" came from, Prebiotics cut risk of skin allergy in babies, Recent UK terror plot spells hunger for allergy sufferers, Food packaging triggers latex anaphylactic or allergic reaction, Scary Youtube video entitled "anaphylaxis", Combined asthma therapy study, Allergy link with Parkinson's disease, Hot summer producing extra ragweed pollen, Massachusetts Senate approves food allergy bill, Allergy drug rebranding, Schools change food policies over allergy hazards, Allergy Risk tied to early solid foods, Podsafe Music Network artists featured in this episode: Jason Traeger, cafebar 401, ric seaberg, Kitchen Cowboy, Steel Cage Records, Anne Farnsworth, Jackie Blue, Milk allergy alert, Product review: BlueBearAware.com, great tee shirts!, This podcast brought to you by Allergyware.com, now featuring allergy air filters.

How to use the Epi-Pen emergency epinephrine device (small file)

allergyware@gmail.com (Leslea M Harmon, Allergy Mom) — Sun, 13 Aug 2006 08:03:03 GMT

Leslea Harmon from allergyware.com demonstrates how to use an Epi-pen in case of a life-threatening allergic reaction.

All the News that Itches - Allergy News gets ready to go back to school!

allergyware@gmail.com (Leslea M Harmon, Allergy Mom) — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 10:20:45 GMT

Well, it's time to get ready to start school for the oldest of my three sons. I don't know about you, but as a "first timer," I'm more nervous than he is! Check the blog at allergyware.wordpress.com for the great podsafe music network artists featured this week, and hit me up at allergyware@gmail.com, or 1-888-65-GCAST (CALL LESLEA, 1111#) to leave your comments, okay?

Happy Birthday Samuel! Dermasmart, CheckMyTag, chinese allergies, a teen's death, a great allergy podcast from a real-live media person...

allergyware@gmail.com (Leslea M Harmon, Allergy Mom) — Sat, 15 Jul 2006 04:00:00 GMT

All the News that Itches from allergyware.com. Visit allergyware.wordpress.com for show notes.

How to use the new Twinject epinephrine pen

allergyware@gmail.com (Leslea M Harmon, Allergy Mom) — Tue, 04 Jul 2006 04:00:00 GMT

Leslea demonstrates how to use the new Twinject epinephrine injector, which was previously mentioned on the allergyware.wordpress.com blog as a freebie to all current Epi-pen carriers. Look up the blog to find out how to get yours. Send email comments to allergyware@gmail.com, visit the website, or visit the blog to leave comments. The regular audio version of the bi-weekly podcast is coming soon! (It has been delayed by both technology and--you guessed it--allergies!)

Girl Scouts and other extracurricular allergy situations, Lots and lots of allergy headlines, news, links, products, and more!

allergyware@gmail.com (Leslea M Harmon, Allergy Mom) — Mon, 05 Jun 2006 04:00:00 GMT

All the News that Itches for June 5, 2006 includes tips and ideas & lots of thinking aloud about allergy situations for after school and the summertime, when away from the normal allergy routine. Lots and lots of interested allergy headlines this week, including allergy drops instead of shots, an allergy-free cat, and more! Visit allergyware.wordpress.com for more

All the News that Itches for May 15, 2006

allergyware@gmail.com (Leslea M Harmon, Allergy Mom) — Tue, 16 May 2006 04:00:00 GMT

Join FAAN or renew your membership, Allergic Living Magazine, Teen Tragedies (new evidence), Health Monitor, Brentson's Law passes in Tennessee, Clothing made of Cow's Milk Protein, Food Allergy Awareness Week, Promo Help Needed, call 1-888-65-GCAST (CALL-LESLEA, 1111) to leave me a message, Proteque for allergen barrier, new line of clothing for eczema (hopefully more info coming soon), Summer Camp

Allergyware's All the News That Itches

allergyware@gmail.com (Leslea M Harmon, Allergy Mom) — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 04:00:00 GMT

Environmental allergies contine to plague one of my babies and I could use your tips! Meeting the contest winner Laura F in St. Louis, library talk, the new definition of anaphylaxis (is sick the same as "dead"?), Women Grow podcast promo, great music from The Touch Ups, Johnny Nicholas, Kevin Christensen, Boys Only Club, call my toll-free number and leave me a voicemail, or send me an audio comment via gmail (allergyware@gmail.com). Thanks for listening! Allergies, allergy, all the news that itches! A-choo! It's allergy season! Bah, humbug! Visit the blog at allergyware.wordpress.com or the online store at allergyware.com

Allergy News Promo

allergyware@gmail.com (Leslea M Harmon, Allergy Mom) — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 04:00:00 GMT

Allergy News - All the News that Itches

Laura Duke interview, part 2 of 3

allergyware@gmail.com (Leslea M Harmon, Allergy Mom) — Sun, 26 Mar 2006 05:00:00 GMT

This week finds yours truly blab, blab, blabbing, but I do eventually give Laura a word in edgewise. ;) Seriously, though, Laura and I cover a variety of "living with food allergies" topics, praising those who help and pointing out things that were not as helpful. I hope you enjoy this segment. Next week I hope to post the last segment of the interview, if Audacity cooperates! Check out Laura's blog at: http://laurabrentsonduke.wordpress.com. Visit my blog for more info on music used during this show, or to read the latest allergy headlines, food recalls due to contamination or mis-labeling, or to find archived episodes of the show: http://allergyware.wordpress.com. For all your allerg alert gear needs, visit my online store: http://www.allergyware.com. Thanks for listening! Email me at allergyware@gmail.com, or call the toll-free # by following the directions on the blog.

(Episode technical difficulties have been overcome) Part One of Two: Interview with allergy mom Laura Duke

allergyware@gmail.com (Leslea M Harmon, Allergy Mom) — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 05:00:00 GMT

Technical difficulties overcome! Thanks for downloading again! Laura Duke has been fighting for her son's rights in Nashville Tennessee. Part One of Two, with an intro by my Samuel! Podsafe music courtesy of the podsafe music network. Call the listener line, send an email, leave a blog comment, please. Visit allergyware.wordpress.com.

Kiss didn't kill girl with peanut allergy, kids' asthma linked to maternal health, spring allergies are here--and MORE!

allergyware@gmail.com (Leslea M Harmon, Allergy Mom) — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 05:00:00 GMT

Kiss didn't kill Quebec teen who died last November in suspected peanut allergy reaction, kids' asthma linked to maternal health during pregnancy, spring allergies are triggered by warm weather, perfume breaks up the curling match, enzyme very low in peanut allergy death victims, update about school from our Down Under dad, HR 4063 connectforkids.com interview, choxie's food labeling recall, a parent writes in to request a product after her daughter has a near-fatal reaction at school. Podsafe music by In the Hands, Anna Lee, and Ash Verjee (lots of classical this week). Go to allergyware.wordpress.com for show notes.

Cockroach allergy, food recalls, Wonder Bread labeling screw-up, generic Flonase in the US, and more

allergyware@gmail.com (Leslea M Harmon, Allergy Mom) — Sun, 26 Feb 2006 05:00:00 GMT

All the News that Itches for February 26th includes recalls, granola bars free of the top 8, Glaxo generic flonase, cockroach allergy, Wonder Bread's "advance warning" labeling, and great podsafe music from Die Warzau and andyguthrie. Check http://allergyware.wordpress.com for shownotes, and visit allergyware.com to order allergy alert gear and support this podcast. Call the feedback line at 1.888.65.GCAST, CALL.LESLEA, 1111 (internation # +1-305-437-8719), or email me at allergyware@gmail.com. I love getting comments on the blog.