Hello, I wanted to let you know the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology is going to be conducting a FREE asthma screening in Jersey City on May 17. The screening will take place from noon to 3:00 p.m. at Liberty Science Center (Liberty State Park, 222 Jersey City Blvd.) Is this anything you would add to your list of events? For more information on the screenings people can visit www.acaai.org or call 866-99-ASTHMA (278462). Please let me know if you have any questions about listing the event. We would love to share the information!

Thanks!
Emily

ACAAI during one of their nationwide asthma screening.

FREE Asthma Screening
When : May 17, 2008 12-Noon – 3PM
Where : Liberty Science Center
Address : 222 Jersey City Blvd, Liberty State Park, JC
Website : www.acaai.org
Phone : 866-99-ASTHMA (278462)

If you know of a family that needs this kind of service, feel free to email this post to them.

Two more action pictures of asthma screening if you read the rest…

What Happens at The Screening?

• Registration – A person must fill out a registration form for basic information. Kids younger than 8 years old and below, parents can fill out the form for them
• Breath Test – The person will simply blow hard into the automated tube that is attached to a computer that measures one’s lung function.
• Review – A person will see and review the result of breath test. Other information will be asked by an allergist, and s/he will give recommendation.

Fore more detailed procedure, click here.

A child prepares to blow to the tube

A child blows to the tube

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Study says dogs reduce allergies. Photo Credit.

Anyway, there was a study shown in the news that dogs reduce allergies in kids. In a nutshell, the study says that growing up with pets trains a person’s immune system. Early exposure with germs helps our body to get used to it.

Here is a snippet of the online news:

…The finding, based on a six-year study of 9,000 children, lends weight to the theory that growing up with a pet trains the immune system to be less sensitive to potential triggers for allergies like asthma, eczema and hay fever….

I guess too much cleanliness is not good for the health. And before I sneeze again, I have one question : Are they going to make an allergy study for adults, too?

As a bonus, here’s a 1-min 20-sec video of a pug that says “I love you.”

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