AAFA Texas Newsletters

January, 2012 By Laura Steves, PhD, Executive Director, AAFA-TX A new study by the American Lung Association Asthma Clinical Research Centers Network (ALA-ACRC), recently published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, may have a significant impact on children with asthma who have also been prescribed acid-controlling medication. Gastroesophageal reflux (GER) is a condition … Read More

November, 2011 By Stephen J. Apaliski, MDVP of Publications, AAFA, Texas “Are there any nutritional treatments for asthma?” is a question I am often asked. My usual reply? “Not that we know for certain.” For me, as is probably true of most modern physicians who have been trained in ‘traditional medicine’ in the United States, … Read More

October, 2011   By Stephen J. Apaliski, MD VP of Publications, AAFA, Texas I love what I get to do every day as a physician. I would do it all again if I had to choose. Surgeons get to see the results of their work rather quickly. The appendix is inflamed, the patient is in … Read More

August, 2011 Returning to the Classroom with Asthma and Allergies Requires Planning. The beginning of the school year is stressful for most healthy children and their parents. But if your child has asthma or allergies, the anticipation of the coming school year becomes just a bit more nerve-racking. It doesn’t have to be that way; … Read More

July 2011   By Stephen J. Apaliski, MD VP of Publications, AAFA, Texas The old paternalistic model in medicine is slowly being replaced these days by a collaborative physician-patient relationship model, in which equality reigns. I believe most allergists successfully use this model, especially when working with patients suffering from asthma. What do I mean … Read More

By Stephen J. Apaliski, MD VP of Publications, AAFA, Texas Here in Texas, we began to feel the summer heat building even before the official start of summer yesterday. Reminding myself of a promise I made in February that I would NOT complain about the heat this summer, I now realize that such promises should … Read More

By Stephen J. Apaliski, MDVP of Publications, AAFA, Texas I was reminded of something important again this past day. Asthma often times slips from controlled to an uncontrolled state over a period of days. You can see problems starting from a distance. Other times, this decline is rather sudden. And frightening! I saw a young … Read More

By Stephen J. Apaliski, MDVP of Publications, AAFA, Texas I am not a worrier by nature. I used to be. A growing number of gray hairs and a deepening faith, have greatly reduced the number of things I choose to allow to control me through worry. There are some things that can keep me awake … Read More

By Stephen J. Apaliski, MDVP of Publications, AAFA, Texas Here in Texas, we have felt the change. Warming temperatures, strong winds, the sun ‘sitting higher in the sky’, trees blooming, all let us know that winter’s grasp is loosening! Along with these changes you can’t help but notice the increased numbers of people outside walking, … Read More

Probably every family physician in clinical practice has been confronted by patients who insist that they (or their children) are allergic to one food or another based on nonspecific gastrointestinal or other complaints. However, multiple studies have demonstrated that at least 50 percent — and possibly as much as 90 percent — of self-reported food … Read More