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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

Allergy versus intolerance – again…

20/03/2012 //  by Michelle Berridale Johnson//  5 Comments

Today's excellent coverage of 'freefrom food' – a fab, in depth investigation on Radio 4's Food Programme (you can 'listen again' or download a podcast here) and a short item on BBC 1's Breakfast this morning –  were, on the whole, pretty balanced, but they have caused the usual …

Category: Allergies, Alternative/Complementary Health, Conventional Medicine, Dairy-free, Food, Food/Health Policy, FreeFrom Food, Gluten-free, NutritionTag: anaphylaxis, BBC Breakfat, Chorley Wood Bread Process, diarrhoea, dietary charlatans, dietitians, digestive stress, Epipens, excess yeast, Food allergy, food challenges, Food intolerance, Freefrom food, Gut barrier, high gluten wheat, hives, Immune reaction, Is cow's milk a suitable food for humans?, itching, Milk Marketing Board, naturopaths, nutritional therapists, porous gut wall, Radio 4's Food Prgramme, Restricted diets, skin prick tests, unproved yeast in modern bread, vomiting, whole body illness

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