Patient / Public Information

1. Guidelines

2. Information on Allergies/ General

3. Anaphylaxis

4. Animals

5. Asthma

6. Asthma Teens
   Asthma Society of Canada Launches First-Ever Interactive Website For Teens With Asthma.
   An online asthma resource designed to address the unique needs and challenges of adolescents living with asthma.

7. Eczema

8. Epinephrine

9. Food

10. House Dust/Mites

11. Immunotherapy (Allergy Shots)

12. L'information disponible en français

13. Mold

14. Oral Allergy Syndrome

15. Other Information

16. Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Information Associations

17. Other Topics

18. Physical Allergies

19. Pollen

20. Government of Canada Brochures
    Health Canada has developed a webpage with information about food allergies and links to the new Government of Canada brochures with information on each of the nine priority food allergens in Canada.
    Gouvernement du Canada dépliants
    Santé Canada a développé un site web avec des renseignements sur les allergènes alimentaires et des liens aux nouveaux dépliants avec information sur les neufs allergènes alimentaires prioritaires.

Guidelines:

• Anaphylaxis in Schools & Other Settings Handbook
• Latex Allergy Guidelines
• Allergie au latex naturel
• Latex allergy
  • Latex allergies interactive tutorial
  • More on latex allergy

Information on Allergies / General:

Press Releases from the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology 58th Annual Meeting, March 1-6, 2002:

• Researchers explore ways to better manage asthma (3/5/02)
• New pediatric asthma data released at AAAAI Annual Meeting (3/4/02)
• Asthma on the rise: Researchers explore the asthma epidemic in America (3/4/02)
• Researchers unveil new findings on food allergies, anaphylaxis (3/3/02)
• Researchers present insights into connection between environmental exposure, allergic disease (3/2/02)
• MedBroadcast.com
  (has links to many allergy subjects)
• Medline Plus: Health Information on Allergies
• The Allergy Report
• Dr. Barry Zimmerman's Patient Information on Pediatric Allergy and Asthma
• AllAllergy.Net (so far the most complete database on allergy and asthma)
• Allergy Advisor (Allergy and Intolerance Software for the diagnosis and management of adverse reactions due to allergy, food intolerance, additives, preservatives and substances naturally occurring in food and the environment.)
• Allerdays
• Mayo Clinic Allergy and Asthma center
• Get smart about allergies
  (American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology)
• Allergy tests
• Video on the procedure of skin tests
• Allergy info
• Airborne allergies
• Allergy to "iodine" and relationship to fish
  (Food and Anaphylaxis Network "featured topics")
• Allergy to local and general anesthesics
• Doctor's Guide
• Canadian Medical Association

Animals:

• Allergies to Animals
  An Education Health Series from the National Jewish Medical and Research Center - MedFacts

Pollen:

• Pollen Forecast
• Pollen Allergy Dr. Weisnagel
• Pollen Allergy information from NIAID
• Pollen.com
  Acurate allergy forecasts for the entire US including your own neighborhood
• Hay fever (National Jewish Center, Denver, Colorado)
• Multidata's Pollen and Allergy Resource

Mold:

• Allergies to Mold
  National Jewish Medical and Research Center - MedFacts

House Dust/Mites:

• House Dust Allergy
• Dust Mite Allergy from NIAID

Anaphylaxis

• What is Anaphylaxis
• Anaphylaxis and asthma by Dr. Barry Zimmerman
• Severe allergic reaction central
• Anaphylaxis far different in kids Textbooks should be rewritten to reflect kids' symptoms, descriptions by Terry Murray
• Anaphylaxis Canada
• ASAP: Anaphylaxis Screen And Protect
  (excellent slide presentation on anaphylaxis)
• Information handbook on anaphylactic shock   67kb
  (Prince Edward Island Dept of Education, 1997)
• Anaphylaxis in schools and other child care services
• Michael Y. Woo, MD, CCFP; A. Adam Cwinn, MD; Garth Dickinson, MD; William H. Yang, MD. Food-dependent exercise-induced anaphylaxis.CJEM. Vol. 3, No 4, October / octobre 2001

Epinephrine

• Epinephrine Auto-Injectors - Letter to the Director of Education
• Auto-injecteurs d'épinéphrine - Lettre au Directeur d'Éducation
• Epinephrine Auto-Injector (english)
• Epinephrine-Injector   959kb
  (in Acrobat Reader format)
• Patients traveling by air as of Sept 11, 2001 with auto-injector
• AllergyPack

Food:

• Peanut allergy: where do we stand?  (Article intended as a database of all aspects of peanut allergy with postings of the latest publications, presentations, etc. and access through links to PubMed, (upgraded regularly).
  Comments: jweis@videotron.ca)
• Peanut-nut allergy alert from Nestle Consumer Services: Effective January 1, 2002, Nestlé Smarties, Aero, Kit Kat, Coffee Crisp, and Mirage will no longer be manufactured in a peanut/nut-free environment
  Latest News: Nestlé Smarties, Aero, Kit Kat, Coffee Crisp And Mirage Chocolates Will Continue To Be Manufactured In Peanut/Nut-Free Environment
• Peanut allergy:what you need to know
• Peanut Allergy Network
• Allergy Advisor   (Allergy and Intolerance Software for the diagnosis and management of adverse reactions due to allergy, food intolerance, additives, preservatives and substances naturally occurring in food and the environment.)
• Marion Zarkadas, MSc, Fraser W. Scott, PhD, John Salminen, BASc, Antony Ham Pong, MBBS, FRCPC.
  Common Allergenic Foods and Their Labelling in Canada - A Review.
• A Snapshot of Federal Research on Food Allergy : Implications for Genetically Modified Food
• Facts about Food Allergies (interview of Parents with Dr. Hugh Sampson).
• Living with food allergies
• FDA: Food Allergens and You (video presentation)
• The dangers of food allergy webcast
• Steinman, H: Hidden allergens in foods.
• Food reactions
• Food allergy and intolerance in Europe - future directions withing the ERA
• Food Allergy Initiative
• Prognosis of Severe Food Allergies
• Understanding food allergy
• Food Additives
  • Monosodium glutamate
  • The role of natural color additives in food allergy
• Canadian Food Inspection Agency
• Guide to health fraud, quackery, and intelligent decisions. "Quackwatch".
• Efficacy of Immunotherapy
• End allergy and asthma misery - It's worth a shot! (excellent Powerpoint presentation)
• Oral allergy syndrome
• The Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network
• Imported Chocolate and the Allergic Consumer (CFIA)
• Labeling of Foods Causing Allergies and Sensitivities (CFIA)

Other Topics:

Asthma:

• It's Your Health - New Article Asthma
  Votre santé et vous - nouvel article Asthme
• Asthma Guidelines
• Asthma interactive tutorial (audio and slides)
• Pregnancy and asthma and other allergic conditions (ACAAI)
• Pollution and asthma
• Smoking
• More on asthma
• Homeopathy in the treatment of asthme study
• Exercise-induced asthma
• Recent study on the effect of chiropractic manipulation in the treatment of asthma in children
• Asthma Basic Booklet Series

  Diagnosis(english) - Diagnostis (french)
  Triggers (english) -  Triggers(french)
  Medications (english) - Medications(french)
  Kids (english) - Kids (french)

• Breath Brochure

  Breathe Poster (English)
  Breathe Poster (French)
  Breathe Brochures (English only)

• Asthma Awareness Posters

  For school Environment
  Asthma signs and symptoms (English)
  Asthma signs and symptoms (French)
  Is your child ready for school? Phamphlet (English)
  Is your child ready for school? Pamphlet (French)

  Asthma Basics 123, An Action Kit for Canadian Schools (English)

  Dear Parent Letter (English)

  To order a hard copy of these publications, please fill out this order form and fax or mail it back. Asthma Society of Canada resources are available free of charge

Eczema:

• Eczema Canada (What is eczema and what you could do to manage it)
• Pediatric Atopic Dermatitis: New Strategies (Slide and Real radio presentation)
• National Eczema Association
• Handhout on Health; Atopic Dermatitis (NIAMS)
• Peanut Allergy and Eczema (The National Eczema Society, London, Eng.)
• Atopic dermatitis

Oral Allergy Syndrome:

• Oral Allergy Syndrome (Dr. Michel Drouin)
• Oral Allergy Syndrome (Canadian Food Inspection Agency)

Physical Allergies:

• Physical allergies
  • A guide to physical urticarias (dermographism, heat, pressure, solar, water)
• Physical Allergies Urticaria  (ACAAI)
• American Academy of Dermatology
  Urticaria - Hives
• Pregnancy and asthma and other allergic conditions
• Reactions to contrast media
• Rhinitis
  • The common cold
  • Breathing easy'
  • Rhinitis.com
• Stinging insect allergy
  • Insect sting allergies pose serious risk
  • Insect Stings

Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Information Associations

• The Allergy/Asthma Information Association
• Allergy Dietitian / The Food Allergy & Food Intolerance Information Site  (super slide show)
• Asthma Society of Canada
• ABC Allergies (site francophone)
• Presentation by Mrs Mary Allen to the House of Commons standing committee on Health re genetically-modified foods, Mar 14th, 2002
• Allergy and Asthma Network-Mothers of Asthmatics Inc.
• Allernet
• Anaphylaxis Canada
• Canadian Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Foundation
• Association Québecoise des Allergies Alimentaires (AQAA)
• Calgary Allergy Network
• Food Allergy and Anaphyalxis Network (FAAN)
• Latex allergy resources
• WebMd-Allergies

Immunotherapy (Allergy Shots):

• Efficacy of immunotherapy
• Immunotherapy (Allergy Shots)
  National Jewish Medical and Research Center
• Immunotherapy (hyposensitisation or desensitisation)
  • End allergy and asthma misery - It's worth a shot! (excellent Powerpoint presentation)
  • Guidelines for the use of allergen immunotherapy ,CSACI, May 1995)
  • Immunotherapy: recent publications (from late 1995 to June 1997)
  • Management of Allergic Diseases: Allergen Immunotherapy (AAAA&I: Allergy report)

Other Information:

• What to do when baby can't drink milk.
• Medic Alert in Canada
• Prospective Study of the Patient-Level Cost of Asthma Care in Children - written by Dr. Wendy Ungar
• Montreal Children's Hospital 
• Multiple Chemical Sensitivity: A Spurious Diagnosis

L'information disponible en français:

• Adrénaline

Auto-injecteur d'adrénaline (french)

• Allergie aux acariens
• L'allergie alimentaire
• L'allergie aux animaux
• L'allergie aux médicaments
• L'allergie aux moisissures
• L'allergie aux pollens

• L'anaphylaxie à l'école et dans d'autres établissements et services pour enfants

• Que faire lorsque bébé ne supporte pas le lait.

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