State of food allergy research in 2013, and the obstacles to overcome.
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What Happened to Amarria: Time to End Food Allergy Tragedies
Amarria was the wakeup call: epinephrine has to be there to save lives.
Profile: Author John Grisham’s Food Allergy Mystery
Author John Grisham found himself caught in his own personal thriller, this one a frightening medical mystery.
Family Food Feud: Relatives and Allergies
When relatives don’t believe a food allergy is real, it’s a recipe for quarrels and broken bonds.
Sabrina’s Nutty Tale Documentary
In May 2001, CBC Radio aired a first-person radio documentary about living with food allergies. It was called “A Nutty… Read more »
An Allergy Mom’s Lament for Sesame
And then, there was no sesame. There was no granola, or hummus, or halvah, or hamburger buns with sesame stuck… Read more »
Sabrina’s Law: The Girl and the Food Allergy Law
One young girl’s tragic, likely preventable death from anaphylaxis has become the catalyst for change in Ontario. Sabrina’s Law now requires anaphylaxis safety plans in schools across the province.
OAS – When Raw Fruit is Forbidden
A life with OAS means only cooked or baked fruit. From this popular archived article, our writer describes how she… Read more »
Was Peanut Kiss to Blame? Lessons from Tragedy
The suspected “peanut kiss” death of a Quebec teen and another tragedy provide clues to what goes wrong in fatal… Read more »
Backlash Boards the Bus: Allergy Protocols Likened to Hysteria
From blogs to the press to esteemed medical journals, those who support anaphylaxis policies in schools are being branded as “hysterical” or “fearful” or even needing to “feel special”. Exceptional anxiety is portrayed as the rule. AL bites into: why critics love to hate food allergy.