A new storm of vaccine outrage was unleashed before Christmas with the publication, and then withdrawal, of a study in Frontiers of Health which appeared to show a significant association between vaccination and NDDs (Autism Spectrum Disorder, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity …
Conventional Medicine
The anxiety epidemic
It's not every week that you get to sit behind Prince William and his good lady and listen to him talk about his latest project but, thanks to my good friend Sarah Stacey and the Guild of Health Writers, that's what I got to do last week. The occasion was the Guild's seminar on …
When to start eating peanuts…..
Early in 2015 the peanut allergy world was stunned by the results of the LEAP study conducted by Professor Gideon Lack and his team at King's College in London. Over 600 four to 11 month old babies at high risk of peanut allergy (coming from families with a high incidence of …
The Dietary and Nutritional Approach to ADHD and Hyperactivity
Anyone who has been around the allergy word for a few years will know of the Hyperactive Childrens' Support Group (HACSG), the organisation founded by Sally Bunday and her mother over 30 years ago. In an attempt to manage her own son's hyperactivity Sally had investigated the …
Hay fever hits Chelsea headlines – well, almost….
For the last 20 years or more I have been dutifully trecking off to Royal Hospital Road for Chelsea Flower Show's press day in the vain hope of finding a low allergen show garden. So I was more than frustrated (I was unable to go this year) when I heard an item on the Today …