Allergy and Asthma Insights Blog

02.23.2018

By: Lacey Sanchez, NP-C Have you heard about the rare meat allergy that can cause anaphylaxis? Here are the facts. Tick Bite Allergy It’s called Alpha-gal allergy or Mammalian...

01.29.2018

By: Nicole Rae, PA-C Personal Experience Not only do I currently get to work at Colorado Allergy and Asthma Centers, but I can attest to the great care I...

12.07.2017

Over the last 11 months, we have dissected health insurance plans and issues to enable you to make better healthcare decisions. We have decided as a final post, we...

11.16.2017

By: Kelly Hersh, N.P. Give it your best shot We are now officially into cold and flu season, and many of us will be getting the flu vaccine at...

11.02.2017

If you have health insurance, hopefully you better understand it as a result of the other installments in our Understanding Your Insurance Series. We now want to take a...

10.09.2017 | Katherine Tsai, MD

Even though seasonal influenza (flu) viruses can be detected all year long in the United States, they are most common during the fall and winter. The height of the...

10.05.2017

Time for another installment from our Understanding your Insurance series! As we gear up for Open Enrollment, we thought it might be good to know what to consider when changing...

09.07.2017

Now that we’ve covered the basics of health insurance in our eight prior installments of our Understanding Your Insurance Series, we thought it might be time to dig a...

08.17.2017 | Andrea Jones, M.D.

By: Andrea Jones, MD Epi 101 Epinephrine is the emergency treatment for anaphylaxis, and is available as an on-hand injector for patients with the potential for severe allergic reactions....

08.03.2017

Continuing our Understanding Your Insurance series, we thought it might be time to debunk some common healthcare myths. Myth 1: I’m young and healthy, why would I need health...

07.24.2017

By: Kelly M. Hersh, NP Penicillin Allergy Double Check Are you an adult who has been told to avoid penicillin due to an allergic reaction in childhood? Are you unclear...

07.12.2017

As we’ve discussed in our six prior Understanding Your Insurance installments, a lot of staying on top of your healthcare is educating yourself on your plan. Also, making proper...