Experiment vs. Treatment

This weekend I’m heading to Buenos Aires, Argentina for a week. You probably won’t hear much from me next week … More

Reflecting on the History of Medicine, Part 3: Books and Articles for Everyone

As I’m sure you’ve noticed if you read my blog with any regularity, I read a lot of very theory … More

Last week I talked about the focus on the family and children in public conversations, advocacy efforts, and research projects … More

I was inspired to study allergies for my dissertation research because of my own unsatisfying experiences with allergy testing, allergy … More

Since I was a bit out of the loop with teaching for part of the summer, I missed the news … More

As I prepare a presentation for my field’s international scientific conference next month (Society for the Social Studies of Science, … More

Image from Amazon.com One of the very first pieces of scholarly writing my summer students read was the first few … More

For three weeks this summer, I was a teaching assistant for an intensive summer course on the history of medicine. … More

It’s the end of the action-packed Saturday of FARE’s first national food allergy conference in Rosemont, IL. Right now I’m … More

Last week, I wrote about the response of the online food allergy community to an article written by a mom … More

This Friday, I’ll be heading to the Chicago area to attend FARE’s National Food Allergy Conference, June 20-22. I’m looking … More

One of the thorniest issues for people with food allergies seems to be convincing others that their condition is “real” … More

As those of you following me on Twitter may have noticed, I spent much of the past month writing a … More

Last week, I attended a lecture by a physician for ENT (ear, nose, and throat) doctors and medical residents about … More

In a New York Times Health essay from 2008 called “The Tyranny of Diagnosis,” physician Pauline Chen argues, “As comforting … More

This past weekend, I finished a first version of a paper I’ve been thinking about writing for several months. I … More

For a few months out of the year, pollen is my enemy. Birch flowers, a major allergy culprit. My list … More

In the previous post about allergy testing, I talked a little bit about the STS perspective on the function of … More

During some research activities this week, an acquaintance asked me, “What’s the most surprising thing you’ve learned about allergies so … More

I’m interested in how people learn to avoid foods or, more rarely, learn how to re-introduce them into their diets. … More