I think I had heard of medical clowns before, but my attention was caught by this report in Science Daily (courtesy of John Scott, of course...) about medical clowns being used to distract and calm children during allergy testing. What a great idea. Prick and scratch allergy …
Allergies
EFA – not all bad in Brussels
Some months ago Pat Schooling, the director of Action Against Allergy of which I am a trustee, asked me if I could go to a European patient support allergy meeting as she would not be able to make it. I said yes, to be helpful, but my heart sank at the prospect of a day spent …
Poinsettias – they can kill…
A few months ago we received the following email from Donna in the US. At the time there were not many poinsettias around so we did not think it would get the attention it deserved. But now, as each Christmas, shops are piled high with poinsettias of every shape and colour – and …
Food Matters Live
The first Food Matters Live 'event' happened over three days last week at the Excel exhibition centre in London's Docklands – and an 'event' it certainly was! Anyone and everyone in the food/food-health/food-policy world was there – as a speaker or a participant in one of the …
Presenting the FreeFrom Eating Out Awards!
Antony Worrall Thompson throws off the scarf concealing the name of the winners of the first ever FreeFrom Eating Out Awards last Tuesday at the awards presentation. And who might those winners have been? Well, they were the delightful team from the Alford Arms in Frithsden …