About Allergy Watch

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General Information

• Airborne Allergens
• Food Allergy Basics
• Food Alllergy Myths (posted 1/18/08)
• NIAID Food Allergy Management Guidelines for Patients (posted 12/5/12) FEATURE
• NIAID Food Allergy Management Guidelines for Physicians (posted 12/5/12)

Questionable Methods

• ALCAT Testing
• Applied Kinesiology
• Be Wary of Russell Roby, M.D. and the Roby Institute (posted 10/23/07)
• Cytotoxic Testing
• Electrodermal Skin Response Testing
• ELISA/ACT
• LEAP Program
• Muscle Testing for Allergies
• Nambudripad's Allergy Elimination Technique (NAET)
• NuTron Testing
• Provocative testing
• EACCI Task Force Report on IgG4 Testing against Foods
• ASCIA Position Paper on Unorthodox Techniques

Commentary

• My Brief Encounter with an Allergy Quack (posted 11/20/07)

Government Regulation

• Cytotoxic Testing for Allergic Diseases: FDA Compliance Guide 7124.27 (posted 1/17/08)

Links to Recommended Web Sites

• American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology
• American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology
• Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America
• Food Allergies for Dummies
• National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
• University of Iowa Virtual Hospital

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