Food Allergies Driving You Nuts?

The University of South Alabama Physicians’ Group Med School Café lecture series for January will feature Dr. Druhan Howell, assistant professor of pediatrics and internal medicine at the University of South Alabama College of Medicine. Dr. Howell’s lecture will include information on the different types of food allergies, as well as symptoms of food allergies.

The lecture will take place Jan. 19, 2009, at Christ United Methodist Church at 6101 Grelot Road in Mobile. Lunch will be served at 11:30 a.m., and the presentation begins at noon.

Dr. Howell, an internal medicine and pediatric allergist/immunologist, will lecture on allergic reactions that can often result from common foods, including peanuts, milk, eggs and fish. She will also provide important information on how to avoid and control food allergies and allergic reactions.

A lunch will be provided for lecture attendees. The Med School Café lecture and lunch are provided free of charge, but reservations are required. For more information or to make reservations, please call Kim Barnes at (251) 460-7770 or email kebarnes@usouthal.edu .