100 Questions & Answers About Allergies (100 Questions and Answers About...) - Softcover

Corren, Jonathan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0763776092 ISBN 13: 9780763776091

Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2010

Synopsis

Empower Yourself! If you are among the 58 percent of Americans who suffer from allergies, or have a friend or relative who does, this book offers help. 100 Questions & Answers About Allergies gives you authoritative, practical answers to the most common questions asked by patients and family members about these common illnesses. This easy-to-read book is a comprehensive guide to understanding symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, over-the-counter therapy, sources of support, and much more. Including actual patient commentary, this text is an invaluable resource for anyone coping with the physical and emotional turmoil caused by allergies.

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About the Author

Jonathan Corren, MD, obtained his baccalaureate with honors in biology at the University of California, Los Angeles and attended medical school at the University of California, San Diego (1979–83).Following an internship in Internal Medicine at LAC-USC Medical Center (1983–84), he completed his medicine residency at the University of California, Davis (1985–87).He specialized in allergy and immunology at the National Jewish Medical and Research Center in Denver (1988–90), and joined the faculty of Colorado University, Denver, School of Medicine, as a staff physician and instructor in medicine (1990–91).He joined the clinical faculty of the University of California, Los Angeles, in 1991, where he served as training program director for the Allergy/Immunology Fellowship, Director of the Allergy/Immunology Clinic and Co-Director of the Nasal and Sinus Disease Center. He is currently Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles and maintains a private allergy practice in the West Los Angeles area, specializing in asthma, allergic rhinitis, and chronic rhinosinusitis. He is actively involved in clinical research, and his current areas of interest include the relationship between upper and lower airway disease and new treatments for rhinitis, asthma rhinosinusitis, atopic dermatitis, and urticaria. He has published over 130 original articles, chapters, abstracts, and monographs regarding asthma, rhinitis, and sinusitis.

Edition details

• Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0763776092
• ISBN 13: 9780763776091
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 144