Patient Education and Support

Featured Links
Patient Education Articles | Support Organizations
Clinical Trial Opportunities

Featured Links

• Practical Food Allergy Management: A Quick Guide
• Nutricia Neocate
• Neocate RightSupport
• The Neocate Product Range
• 2012 Asthma and Nasal Allergy Facts
• Allergy Eats
• When indoor air is no safe haven [PDF]
• A listing of 41000 industry and government sponsored clinical trials, plus drugs recently approved by FDA
• Combined Health Information Data
• Latest drug safety information. Find out about recalls, market withdrawals, labeling changes & other safety notifications by FDA
• Links to a large number of Internet heath sites
• Melanoma, one of the fastest growing & most deadly cancers. Most common cancer among women age 25-29...information source.
• National Institute of Health/clinical trials
• Self-care flowcharts that suggest possible diagnoses & recommend treatments/ action for various conditions. Long list of handouts.
• Surgery; photos of actual internal organs/surgery information
• US Government Website

Patient Education Articles

• Maricopa County No Burn Day—Information and Resources [pdf]
• Fireplaces, Fire Pits, and Chimineas During the Holidays [pdf]

The following links take you to patient-friendly information provided by allergychannel.net (a physician-monitored resource) and other reliable patient education providers:

• Allergy testing
• Anaphylaxis
• Animal allergy (e.g., dogs, cats)
• Asthma
• Bronchitis
• Chronic cough
• Common cold
• Dermatitis/eczema
• Drug allergy
• Food allergy
• Hay fever (allergic rhinitis)
• Hives (urticaria)
• Indoor allergens (e.g., dust mites, molds)
• Influenza (flu)
• Latex allergy
• Outdoor allergens (e.g., pollens, molds)
• Pharyngitis (sore throat)
• Sinusitis
• Stinging insect allergy

Support Organizations

The following links are provided and monitored by Healthcommunities.com, the home of allergychannel:

• American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology (en Español)
• American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology
• American Latex Allergy Association
• American Lung Association
• American Lung Association Asthma Walk
• Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network
• Fluchannel
• MedicAlert
• National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Clinical Trial Opportunities

CenterWatch provides information on clinical trials that are actively seeking patient participants. Use the links below to search the CenterWatch listings for opportunities:

• Allergy
• Asthma
• Asthma - Pediatric
• Eczema/Atopic Dermatitis
• Eczema/Atopic Dermatitis - Pediatric
• Hives