Articles

• Allergy articles from PubMed of the National Library of Medicine.  The articles listed here tend to be highly technical research papers, but careful searching of the articles can often uncover important and useful information.  

Books

•  Book about allergies from Amazon.com. 

Clinical Trials

• Directory of clinical trial books, organizations, government agencies, online forums, egroups, online discussions, bulletin boards, and listservs. 

Encyclopedic Information

• Allergy definition and description Wikipedia online encyclopedia.

Forums

If you join one of these support groups, please mention that you found their group through Medconsumer.info.

• AllergyandAsthmaKids.  "This is group for parents and or caregivers of children who suffer from allergies and or asthma related diseases. Please feel free to join and share your tips and hints with others. If you are in the medical field, remember that parents are already dealing with doctors and dieticians and would prefer no additional medical advice. This list is not for medical advice, it is for support and tips from other parents. We do not want any commercial postings or selling going on our list, spamming will not be allowed." 
• BeingSick � A global community of loving people who understand what its like to be sick or care for a loved one.  "We are a community of loving supportive people who understand what its like to be sick. We live with illness, injury, disability, or care for those that do. This group is a place where you are free to be yourself. Share your frustrations about being sick, friendships, family, and just about anything! We are the family who understands when no one else does! We live your life too! You are welcome to post in HTML, colors, send links, web pages, poems, inspiration, e-cards, jokes, chat in our chat room anytime! We are non-denominational, welcoming all races, ages, religions and cultures. We know how tough life is being sick, and we care. There is support for you here anytime you need us. You are not alone."  Yahoo! group.
• FCMYI.  "Food Can Make You Ill" discusses food intolerance and food allergy problems including food additives and natural food chemicals such as MSG, amines, salicylate, sulphites and purines. The list is open to anyone with a food sensitivity, parents of children with food problems and interested health care professionals (conventional and alternative).
  
  The aim of this list is to provide a safe place to share not just information, experiences and ideas but also feelings. As none of us have all the answers, and we are all unique, the keywords for this list are caring, sharing and respect."  
• Foodallergykitchen.  "The Food Allergy Kitchen is an allergen-free recipe exchange. The majority of posted recipes will address multiple food allergy issues. To order the Food Allergy Kitchen Cookbook, please visit www.foodallergykitchen.com.   Keywords: dairy allergy, egg allergy, peanut allergy, wheat allergy, nut allergy, gluten free, casien free, soy allergy, corn allergy, anaphylaxis, food allergy, food allergies, recipes, cross reactivity, autism, gfcf diet, oral allergy syndrome, milk allergy, children's recipe, vegan, lactose intolerance, celiac, special diet, intolerance, food sensitivity, natural food, vegetarian, vegan, asthma, fish allergy, shellfish allergy, recipes, allergen free."       
• Medconsumerinfo.  "Medconsumer.info is your starting point for searching the Web for medical information. This forum exists for you to discuss, ask questions, and answer questions about any aspect of health, healthcare industry, and any aspect of being a patient. Please take whatever advice you receive through this forum to your doctor before changing or initiating any medically-related behavior."  Yahoo! group.            
• Living_with_autoimmune_diseases � Living with autoimmune diseases.  "Welcome, I'm Didi, this group is for people with autoimmune diseases or think they might have a disorder like Lupus, Fibromyalgia, Arthritis, MS, Raynaud's Phenomenon, Narcotizing Vasulitis, Celiac Diseas(SPRUE)Peroarteritis nodosa,progressive systemic sclerosis, Alopecia Areata,Ankylosing Spondylitis, Behcet's Disease, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Crohn's Disease, Myasthenia Gravis, Psoriasis, Scleroderma, Juvinile Dermatomyosistis, Granulomatous Angiitis of the Central Nervous System(GACNS), Hashimoto's Disease, Autoimmune Enteropathy, Polyarteritis Nodosa, etc. Lets chat, and share and support each other. Need to vent, go ahead, we are not doctors, but we can help by sharing with each others, to know what to ask the doctor next time have an appointment. Just need a friend you come to the right place." 
•  TerrificKidsWFA � Terrific Kids with Food Allergies.  "This is an email loop for parents of children that have food allergies or food sensitivities and also for friends or family of a children with a food allergy and would like to know more. This is a support group to share recipes, share alerts of certain foods that might have hidden ingredients in them, share stories, offer advice, or just chat. Parents have a stressful time in reading every ingredient, and worrying about fast food or sit down restaurants. A food allergy is a very scary thing and the timing that it takes to shop and read all ingredients is very hard. You are not alone though. We understand! I am hoping that by starting this new email loop, there will be other parents like myself that are looking for the same type of email loop I am looking for. I hope you will join so that we can share our situations. We can also discuss Eczema, behavioral problems due to foods, and even the weather."

Healthcare Products

• Allergy Health Products.  Medicines, humidifiers, and much more.

News

• Allergy news from Google News.

Newsletters

• Kids With Food Allergies Newsletter.  "Kids With Food Allergies e-News is a free biweekly newsletter for families who want to keep their food allergic child healthy, happy and safe."  (New 5/09)

Organizations

• Directory of allergy organizations.  Also look in specific allergy pages for more organizations.