By Kathy Downing Join FEI in our support of the Medical Nutrition Equity Act of 2021 (S. 2013/ H.R. 3783). Passing this legislation would provide public and private insurance coverage for medically necessary foods for inherited metabolic disorders and digestive conditions. [...]
By Sofia Gillespie Nehgar with son, Nile. Nehgar Goudat is a mother of a young child with food allergies. Her son, Nile, is allergic to coconut, wheat, dairy, soy, tree nuts, peas, and eggs. “It is a lot [...]
By Sofia Gillespie Meet Dawn. “I remember in college one time this couple invited me over for dinner, and they were having pork chops. I'm allergic to pork, but I was too embarrassed to tell them that I [...]
Por Sofia Gillespie Traducido por Kimberly Colula “Medicina ha tomado un nuevo significado” dice Jodi Shroba, APRN, enfermera practicante en Children's Mercy Hospital. Lo que tradicionalmente es visto como “un medicamento que ingiere su cuerpo para hacerle sentir mejor,” ahora [...]
- Stephanie Page, MD, Midwest Pediatric Specialists La Esofagitis Eosinofílica o EEo es una clase de reacción alérgica, pero no en el sentido clásico. Es donde los glóbulos blancos, llamados eosinófilos, se acumulan en el esófago (el tubo que une [...]
- Julia Bracken, MD, Children's Mercy Hospital Así como las alergias alimenticias, la única manera de tratar la enfermedad celíaca es evitar por completo, pero evitar una cosa en particular: gluten. “Aún no tenemos algún medicamento en el sentido tradicional [...]
- Jodi Shroba, APRN, Children's Mercy Hospital “En alergias alimentarias, cuando hablamos sobre el tema de ‘la alimentación es medicina’, estamos hablando sobre proveyendo alimentos que son una buena alternativa para alimentos que ya no consumen” La única manera [...]
An interview with Jodi Shroba, APRN “In food allergy, when we talk about ‘food is medicine,’ we are talking about providing foods that are safe to eat as an alternative to foods they are no longer eating.” The only known [...]
“Medicine has taken a new definition,” says Jodi Shroba, APRN, Clinical Nurse Practitioner at Children’s Mercy Hospital. What was traditionally viewed as “a drug you put in your body that makes you feel better,” is now being understood on a [...]
An interview with Stephanie Page, MD, Midwest Pediatric Specialists For EoE, food is medicine. Eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) is a type of allergic reaction, but not in the classic sense. It is where white blood cells (called eosinophils) accumulate in the [...]
