The FreeFrom Christmas Awards presentation - not the image that you would expect of us all whooping it up in a room together but at least we were live this time. And you were pretty 'live' too! You may have been sitting at home on your sofas, but you were taking full advantage of …
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Making the law work for you
You should never assume that just because 'the law' appears to prevent or forbid you from doing something (or indeed allow someone else to do something that you do not like) that you have no redress. Things are not always how they seem. While it is in the interest of local …
The new Anaphylaxis Registry
Data, data, data.... Data, we are told, is king. Without data you cannot understand what has happened in any given circumstance, you cannot improve your response to it and you cannot plan to prevent it happening again. But as far as anaphylactic reactions are concerned, data has, …
What’s the deal about blue light?
Blue light gets a bad rap these days as a disrupter of sleep and a depresser of mood. Yet blue (and green) light is entirely naturally and is an excellent source of dopamine, serotonin and cortisol - the hormones that motivate us, make us feel happy and keep us alert during the …
The toxic load our children bear
If you want to shock yourself, go to the website for the Global Alliance for Our Children's Future, a north American network that 'creates and disseminates tools to educate professionals, the public, and policy makers on holistic models of health for our children'. First read …