Allergist

In this video, Priya J. Bansal, MD, FAAAAI, FACAAI, speaks with Christina E. Ciaccio, MD, MSc, about the advice she would give her younger self when she became an allergist, as part of Healio’s Women in Allergy video corner series.

SAN ANTONIO — Black children with atopic dermatitis appeared less likely than white children to undergo an evaluation by an allergist, according to data presented at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Annual Meeting.

Patients with peanut allergy who see an allergist vs. those who do not experience lower total health care costs and higher rates of epinephrine prescriptions, according to a retrospective observational study.

The last few weeks of summer can be an exceptionally difficult time to find an epinephrine auto-injector in some parts of the country, an allergist told Healio Primary Care.