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Dr Harry Morrow Brown

Dr Bill Frankland, the grandfather of allergy, dies aged 108

07/04/2020 //  by Michelle Berridale Johnson//  Leave a Comment

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 …

Category: Allergies, Conventional MedicineTag: Dr BIll Frankland, Dr Bill Frankland and Sir Alexander Fleming, Dr Bill Frankland and the pollen count, Dr Bill Frankland prisoner of war, Dr Harry Morrow Brown, Dr William Frankland

Obscure intolerances poorly served – and don’t we know it!

09/01/2015 //  by Michelle Berridale Johnson//  20 Comments

From a salicylate-intolerant site visitor who has been batted backwards and forwards between allergy and dermatology departments, neither of whom will give her the time of day because they have tested her for the full gamut of IgE mediated 'proper' allergies – and she does not …

Category: Allergies, Conventional Medicine, Food, FreeFrom FoodTag: AllergiesExplained, Dr Harry Morrow Brown, Dr Janice Joneja, foods matter, histamine intolerance, histamine Q & A, nightshade intolerance, potato allergy, potato intolerance, salicylate intolerance, sulphite intolerance

The importance of ‘history’ in diagnosis, especially in allergy

20/12/2013 //  by Michelle Berridale Johnson//  Leave a Comment

In a recent post on his blog Dr Briffa bemoaned the over-reliance of the modern medical profession on 'tests' to the exclusion of the exercise of their clinical skills. His mini rant had been set off by an article in the BMJ by Dr Des Spence accusing modern doctors of being so …

Category: Allergies, Conventional MedicineTag: Anaphylaxis Campaign, Bad medicine: Food Intolerance, blood tests for allergy, BMJ, cross reaction between Quorn and altenaria fungus, Dr Briffa, Dr Des Spence, Dr Harry Morrow Brown, Dr Michael Radcliffe, importance of circumstantial evidence in allergy testing, importance of family history in diagnosing allergy, importance of history in allergy diagnosis, referral systems, skin prick tests, testing for allergy, www.allergiesexplained.com

In memoriam – Dr Harry Morrow Brown

26/08/2013 //  by Michelle Berridale Johnson//  9 Comments

Sadly, but not unexpectedly, Dr Harry Morrow Brown finally lost his battle to keep his heart ticking last week. He was 96. I first met Harry and Freda nearly 30 years ago at the Oxford Food Symposium. How come? Well, Freda was interested in food so they thought they would …

Category: Allergies, Behavioural conditions / autism, Conventional Medicine, Dairy-free, Eczema, Environmental Issues, Food, FreeFrom Food, Gluten-freeTag: Acarosan, allergy research, American Academy of Allergy Asthma and Immunology, BSACI, Charles Blackley Lectureship, Dr Harry Morrow Brown, eisinophils, Foodsmatter, housedust mite tests, idiopathic allergy, inorganic crystals inthe air, mental and psychological effects of allergens, microscopes, pholcodine, re-breathing bronchial provocation test, SLIT, spore traps, sputum, sub-lingual immunotherapy, William Frankland Medal, www.allergiesexplained.com

Polyunsaturated fats, heart disease and the French paradox

15/02/2013 //  by Michelle Berridale Johnson//  Leave a Comment

Arguments - well, discussions, but there is enough Irish and Italian blood around here to call them arguments – break out in the Foodsmatter offices on a regular basis over the merits and demerits of complementary therapies (homeopathy, Traditional Chinese Medicine etc) versus …

Category: Alternative/Complementary Health, Conventional MedicineTag: BMJ, British Medical Journal, CHD, CHD and saturated fat, coronary heart disease, DBPCTs, Double blind placebo controlled trials, Dr Harry Morrow Brown, food industry, food industry profits, French paradox, Homeopathy, linoleic acid, Medical research, meta analysis, Norman butter, Omega 6 fatty acids, polyunsaturated fats, PUFA, saturated fat, Traditional Chinese Medicine

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