We pride ourselves on being ahead of the loop but Alex Gazzola, who runs our FreeFrom Skincare Awards is so far ahead of the loop that he had already socially distanced the awards last year and taken them on line. His 2019 virtual presentation was such a success that the …
Allergies
Ecological Medicine
Sarah Myhill is not everyone's idea of an average GP. Indeed so far was she from the GMC (General Medical Council)'s idea of an average GP that they tried to 'de-frock' her no less than 12 times. Only to have their attempts foiled by their own lawyers who pointed out that 'all …
Dr Bill Frankland, the grandfather of allergy, dies aged 108
Many of you will already have heard or read that the truly amazing Dr Bill Frankland died last week. Amazing because he lived to be 108 and was still razor sharp and reading scientific journals until the day before he died, amazing because he survived three and a half years …
Food Standards Agency in proactive mode
One major plus of being in Europe for food allergics was that all labelling regulation came from Brussels so applied Europe wide. But a major minus was that for new regulation to become mandatory it has to pass through EFSA (The European Food safety Authority). Excellent though …
Please support ‘You, me and Food Allergies’
Many of you will remember Emma's excellent first book, Living with Allergies – Practical tips for all the family, which came out last year (review here) and which has been flying off the shelves ever since. Well, now she wants to get the kids involved. So she is Crowdfunding …