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The Kids’ Birthday Party

Allergic Living — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 18:45:32 +0000

In the Fall issue of Allergic Living, we turned to three allergy advocates and moms to help navigate the world of the kid’s birthday party.

Gina Clowes, a Certified Life Coach and founder of AllergyMoms.com; Beatrice Povolo the director of marketing and communications for Anaphylaxis Canada and Susan Clemens, the moderator of AllergicLiving.com’s Forum and an allergy advocate. All three have children who live with multiple food allergies.

Here’s a sampling of the advice they had to offer:

Step 1 Initial Reply to the Invitation

It’s important to call soon after receiving the invitation.

The Call: Start with a gracious thank you and acknowledgement that your child is thrilled to be invited. Now move into the key points:

• Politely ask where the party will be held. For instance, will it be at a venue or the hostess’s home?

• With this information to guide you, bring up (or remind of) your child’s food allergies. Ask if now is a good time to go over a few details to both keep your child safe and resolve any initial concerns about child’s attendance.

• Stress that you’re happy to help in any way, and calmly move onto:

- Will the party involve a meal or snack?

- What activities will take place? Might there be a risk of exposure to allergens? Look for solutions to minimize any risks.

- What will be the order of activities? For instance, if the party starts with a pizza lunch and your child’s dairy allergic, could the hostess and her helpers ensure the kids have all washed up, and then your child will arrive post-lunch but pre-cake presentation?

• If the party includes lunch at a home, discuss that you’ll send your child with something safe to eat. More in Step 2.

• Discuss cake arrangements. See Step 4.

• Ask the parent if she is familiar with an auto-injector or EpiPen. Ask to set a date closer to the party to grab a coffee with her and demonstrate the use of the auto-injector and do a review of the anaphylaxis emergency plan (also called the food allergy action plan). Step 5 details that conversation.

Step 3 What You Can Do

• Why not offer to help supervise the party? Many parties require extra adult eyes, such as mini golf, play gym and kids’ theatre outings. This is also true of larger home parties.

• Whether you drop off your child or stay depends on the party situation, the hostess’s level of comfort managing allergies, and your child’s anxiety level and ability to manage his or her allergies. Trust your instinct on this.

• If the party will be at a facility, such as an indoor playground, wave pool, museum or beading venue, contact the management to inquire about allergen policies. (Quite a few facilities catering to kids now have peanut/nut restrictions.)

• Restaurants don’t usually permit outside food. But if you explain the allergies in advance, you’ll often be allowed to bring along safe food from home.

Step 6 Drop Off or Stay?

• Povolo advises staying if the child’s: unusually anxious or not ready to be left (there is no magic age for this), or when the host parent asks that you do.

• Now that her son is 9, Clowes will still attend a party if it takes place at a public venue her son’s not familiar with. At house parties when he was younger, she would just be frank about her feelings. “I’d say, ‘I’m a little nervous to leave Daniel. He is still impulsive sometimes about what he eats. I can hang out and read, but I’d also be so happy to help. Anything I can do?”

• Clemens often goes and takes fun, candid photos of the kids. She presents a CD of the snapshots to the parents as a thank you for letting her attend. Given her daughter’s list of allergies, “when I delicately ask if I can be allowed to stay, the response is usually one of relief.”

Step 8 Prepping Your Child

• Before the call to the hostess, Clemens likes to ask her 8-year-old what issues she would raise. “By involving the child, you ensure she or he feels safe, and it limits anxiety. It becomes less of “Mommy has to keep me safe,” and more “I can keep myself safe.”

• Instill confidence: remind the child that he has his auto-injector and knows how to use it. Get the child repeat the allergy rules known by heart (no sharing, no eating unknown foods, wash after eating). The message? See, you know this stuff.

• Remind that you’re nearby and have your cellphone if there are any problems. If child thinks he or she is getting symptoms, tell the hostess right away.

• Clowes has emphasized to her son that “he never has to eat anything that he has a question about.” That’s a great anxiety diffuser.

• Role play can be helpful: Ask “what will you say?” if an adult at the party (or anywhere) offers a food the child can’t eat. Clowes has suggested several turn-down options to her son, from “no thank you” and “I’m allergic” to “I just ate” in a situation where he doesn’t want to stand out. (The point is, he turns down the food.)

• Matter-of-factly ask the child for his or her thoughts on the party. If there are lingering concerns, discuss and resolve.

• Don’t just talk allergy issues. Be enthused about the party and celebrating the birthday friend. Get the child to bring up gift ideas. With food allergies, we “prepare” for fun, but we want fun all the same.

Next Page: Sidebar “Allergy Talk“

Read all the steps to Birthday Party Bliss in the Fall 2010 issue. Click to order an issue or to subscribe to Allergic Living magazine.

July 2010 NewsReport

Allergic Living — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 17:30:01 +0000

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In early June, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) announced it was seeking public input on how to make air travel more accessible to people with severe peanut allergies.

Specifically, DOT said it was considering these options: banning peanuts from being served on flights; restricting them from being served when there was a peanut-allergic passenger on board; or requiring a peanut-free zone around a person with severe peanut allergy.

DOT did state at the time that Congress had restricted it from using public funds to limit peanuts on aircraft without a scientific study showing passengers can have severe reactions to peanuts from airborne peanut particles, but the department appeared willing to forge ahead anyway. However, two weeks later the department said it would comply with this requirement. A DOT spokesman told Allergic Living that the agency will still review all comments received by August 9. Does a study exist?

View DOT’s Passenger Protections document (see point 12) and click “Submit a Comment.” The issue is also being discussed on this website run by Cornell University.

At Allergic Living, we know you want to eat delicious food, even if you have to be careful about what’s in it. We have plenty of recipes free of top allergens and gluten to share ’round the patio this summer.

Featured In Our Summer Issue:

Grilled Steak with Citrus Salad – steak without the heaviness

Avocado & Cucumber Soup – an outstanding, nutritious cold soup

From Allergic Living’s Online Recipe Database:

Mains

- Chicken Skewers with Lime and Ginger Dip

- Thai-style Grilled Coriander Chicken

- Lamb Burgers with Caramelized Red Onions

Sides

- Crunchy Summer Salad

- Fresh Tomato and Basil Salad

Desserts

- Blueberry Compote

- Gluten-free Raspberry Tarts

Check out The Allergic Diva’s dairy-free Ice Cream Alternatives.



If it feels like your seasonal allergies are getting worse every year, you’re probably right and climate change is likely to blame. Imagine: ragweed, already a potent allergen, produces 61 per cent more pollen in higher CO2 levels. Read Allergic Living’s investigation into how our warming planet is being held responsible for wasp sting deaths in Alaska, asthma flare-ups in California, pine beetle allergy in British Columbia and mould allergy in New Orleans.

Called allergic conjunctivitis, the inflammation of the eye and related symptoms can be debilitating for an allergy sufferer. Find out why our eyes react to pollen, and how to deal with it.

Plus:

- The Grass Attack – Mowing through the grass allergy issues.

- Stinging Insects – When do you need to worry?

Allergy “farm effect” lasts into old age.

Time may heal shrimp allergy.

Man invents a killer in bid to get out of gluten-free fraud.

Allergy cooking show ranks at top of Oprah’s “new show” contest, cooking category.

Help musician Kyle name characters for new allergy CD.

Warning issued on herbal asthma product.

New immunotherapy for pets doesn’t require allergy testing.

July 1, 15, Aug. 1, 19

Peanut-free balconies,

Minnesota Twins

baseball. more

July & August,

various dates.

Allergen-friendly

cooking camps.

Toronto. more

July 7 Celiac-aware Phillies game. more

Aug. 14. Bike For Lung Association,

Newfoundland. more

FEATURING:
•	The Essential Guide to the Birthday Party. Great advice to celebrate safely whether 6, 16 or adult.
•	Mike Holmes on mould-proofing.
•	Autumn’s Best Recipes: Delicious & free of top allergens.
•	Cool products – includes new dairy-free ‘cheese’, auto-injector holders, and ID ‘bling’ for kids.

June 2010 NewsReport

Allergic Living — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 17:28:57 +0000

Has food allergy become the life-threat- ening disease that gets no respect? Gwen Smith, the editor of Allergic Living, thinks so in an opinion article for CBC.ca. The cause of her concern: widespread media misinformation that 30 per cent of the U.S. population “thinks” they have food allergies while, as we all know, far fewer actually have food allergies.
The 30 per cent statistic was supposed to come out of a medical review for The Journal of the American Medical Association. Only problem: it isn’t in the review, and the spokesman for that paper says it’s wrong. Overshadowed, meanwhile, are two brand new studies of food allergy prevalence that paint a picture of a fast-rising and difficult disease. To Smith, the issue is not simply media accuracy, but the damage done to food allergy as a disease that needs much more research and greater public awareness. Instead, confusion reigns.

Read Gwen Smith’s article.

New Canadian data reveal that between 6 and 8 per cent of us are food allergic. In the United States, peanut and nut allergies in children more than tripled in 2008 compared to 1997.
View article

Peek Inside Summer Issue

A new way of treating milk and egg allergy is starting to emerge, led by research at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York, and being carried out in clinical practice at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore. There, close to 200 children with egg or milk allergies are introducing baked milk or egg into their diets in extensively cooked foods: something researchers think 75 per cent of children with these allergies can tolerate. Some kids with previously severe reactions to milk have gone on to try foods that have been baked for less time, like pizza. Some have even graduated to eating yogurt and drinking chocolate milk. View article

Scientists in Germany see evidence of a link between babies born by caesarean section and the development of celiac disease. They find that the same relationship doesn’t exist between caeseareans and other inflammatory bowel diseases, such as Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. The celiac diseae was also diagnosed at a younger age than the other conditions. more

Samantha Yaffe’s irreverent web column on motherhood with food allergies. This Month: An Asthma Plan Out the Window

Talk about yikes. Sam is thrown a curveball when her son Lucas has an asthma attack at a friend’s “pet-free” house: turns out the previous owners had a dog. Lucas’s asthma triggers used to seem both avoidable and manageable, but Sam is suddenly concerned about whether she’s got the asthma bases covered. Now, another friend has invited Lucas for a sleepover. He desperately wants to go, but that family has two cats. Sam’s focus had been life-threatening allergies, but now she’s rethinking her asthma approach. And she needs your advice. more

The summer heat and smog can be tough on anyone, but if you’ve got asthma you have to be even more careful out there. Before heading out on hot summer days be sure to check the Air Quality Health Index report for your area.

New test could

detect allergies
in newborns.

Fires affect asthma
sufferers from
Montreal to Boston

Peanut-allergic girl dies on prom night.

U.S. government weighs peanut
ban on planes.

Gluten-free when you don’t need to be could harm health.

Wanted: people
to
eat worms for Boston allergy study.

June 11-13

Food Allergy Camp.

Minnesota.

more

June 29

Golf tournament for

peanut allergy.

Aurora, ON.
more

July 11-16

New Brunswick

asthma camp. more

July & August,

various dates.

Allergen-friendly

cooking camps.

Toronto. more

May 2010 NewsReport

Allergic Living — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 17:28:00 +0000

Hope can be born of tragedy. Five years ago, on May 16, 2005, the Ontario legislature united to pass “An Act to Protect Anaphylactic Pupils,” known widely as Sabrina’s Law. The abbreviated name honours Sabrina Shannon, the 13-year-old who died following a devastating food allergy reaction at her school. In just five years, literally tens of thousands of North American schools have made huge strides on anaphylaxis awareness and risk reduction, thanks in no small measure to the girl and the law.
Following the lead of Sabrina’s Law, British Columbia, Alberta and Manitoba all moved to adopt comprehensive anaphylaxis strategies. The influence of Sabrina’s Law has been felt in the U.S., where 11 states now have laws mandating food allergy safety measures. Five years along, the spirit of Sabrina and her law burn brightly. She remains our ambassador of awareness.
– Gwen Smith

The law that inspired a continent.
View article

Sara Shannon’s message

To mark the 5th anniversary of Sabrina’s Law, Allergic Living magazine is honoured to relaunch Sabrina’s 2001 radio documentary about her life with food allergies. CBC Radio produced the documentary, and the accompanying poignant website feature.

This is one of the worst pollen seasons in recent years for much of Canada and the United States. Allergic rhinitis, commonly called hay fever, can bring on sneezing, runny noses and congestion, and itchy, watery eyes. Not to mention difficulty sleeping, which leads to irritability and difficulty concentrating. The good news is, help is at hand:

10 Ways to Beat Pollen

Which Trees Are You Reacting To?

Garden Plants to Avoid

Learn about the latest on future therapies for food and pollen allergies. Watch Allergic Living Editor Gwen Smith’s recent appearance on CTV’s Canada AM.

This is the month we join together to raise awareness and funds for our community’s great causes.

May 9-15 is the FAAN-sponsored Food Allergy Awareness Week.
This year’s theme is “Respect Every Bite.” The Food Allergy Initiative is encouraging people without allergies to give up a food for a week. Share your photos and videos on FAI’s Facebook page. You could win an iPad

May is Celiac Awareness Month.
With some great events:

• May 15: Celiac Disease Foundation 20th anniversary annual conference.
• May 22-23: The Gluten-Free Challenge: Spend a weekend eating gluten-free.
• June 4-6: Canadian Celiac Association annual conference.

Also, World Asthma Day was celebrated May 4.

Apartment kids
exposed to smoke from other units.

Restless legs could be sign of
celiac disease.

Winter birthday may be to blame for
food allergies.

Traffic near schools may cause asthma.

Squirm medicine? Worms on hook
as asthma cure.

If you haven’t entered Allergic Living’s 5th Anniversary Contest, better get on it! Simply click here to take the fun allergy quiz and to enter to win Cybele Pascal’s The Allergen-Free Baker’s Handbook. Contest closes Friday, May 7, 2010.

May 8
Seja’s Run for Asthma.
Toronto. more

May 8 & 22
FAAN conferences.
Tarrytown, NY & Oak Brook, IL. more

May 15, 16, 29 & 30
Runs for allergy research.
Various locations. more

June 4-6
Canadian Celiac
Assoc. conf.,
Winnipeg. more

June 11
FAAN kids’ poster
contest. more

April 2010 NewsReport

Allergic Living — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 17:27:00 +0000

It’s the 5th anniversary of Allergic Living magazine but, rather than looking back, we’re looking to the future – and a magnificent future it promises to be. In our 20-page feature report in the Spring issue, we explore the latest food allergy treatments. From vaccines to “masked peanuts,” immunotherapy and herbal remedies, avoidance will no longer be the only way to treat food allergies in the decade ahead. A therapy revolution is coming. Read excerpt.

Ahead for Asthma, Celiac
We’ve also got cutting-edge research on the link between plasticizers and asthma and a look at what’s ahead for people with celiac disease – will you be eating gluten again?
Also in the Spring issue: new statistics on food allergies in North America; a feature on neurological disorders in kids and celiac disease, and fabulous Southwest cuisine recipes by Chef Simon. Free of top allergens and gluten.

Runners and walkers in Ottawa are gearing up for their first-ever AAIA Triple “A” Run/Walk for allergy and asthma research and education. This annual charity event is getting larger each year: what began as a single run/walk in Whitby, Ontario six years ago is now being held in five locations across Canada. Money raised goes to a great cause: allergy and asthma research through the Canadian Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Foundation. There’s a race for every member of the family, with a 5 km and 10 km run or walk, and a 2 km “family scamper.” If you can’t attend, you can still pledge support for a runner.

May 1: Ottawa, Tunney’s Pasture.
May 15: Whitby, Ont., Heydenshore Pavilion.
May 16: Kelowna, B.C., City Park.
May 29: Windsor, Ont., Assumption Park.
May 30: Bedford, N.S., DeWolfe Park.

Samantha Yaffe’s irreverent web column
on motherhood with food allergies.

This Month: The “Why Me?” Standoff

“Why do I have to wear it?” he’d cry, whine, yell. “I hate it. I hate having allergies.” Sam’s son Lucas had always worn his auto-injector without complaint. Then suddenly, at the age of 7½, he began refusing to wear it to school, no matter what his mom said to remind him of why he had to carry it. Grappling with this first “why me?” moment in the allergy journey, Sam turned to an expert parenting coach. Surprisingly, all it took was a few magic words for Lucas to strap his auto-injector back on without an issue. more

Nose running? Watery eyes and sneezing fits? Feeling congested, tired and rundown? Chances are you’ve got spring pollen allergies. Fortunately, Allergic Living’s got everything you’ll need to know. First stop: our Hay Fever Handbook.

Teachers suspended over boy’s death
from asthma. Discuss.

Anaphylaxis Canada holds conference on food allergy research in Toronto.

Study suggests kids should carry two auto-injectors.

Peanut allergy linked to worse asthma.

Ontario student feels unsafe after four reactions at school.

60% of us find pollen allergies tough to beat.

Apr. 10 “Lung Run” for asthma. 5 km and 1.5 km for kids, Halifax. more

Apr. 24, May 8 & 22 FAAN conferences: newly diagnosed; emotions and letting go: Las Vegas, Tarrytown, NY and Oak Brook, IL more

May 31 Allergy, asthma evening with experts, Hamilton. more

June 4-6 Canadian celiac conference. Winnipeg. more

March 2010 NewsReport

Allergic Living — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 17:26:09 +0000

By Gwen Smith

We’ve been getting a lot of e-mail at Allergic Living magazine from readers asking: what do you think about the Canadian Transportation Agency’s decision that Air Canada must accommodate peanut and tree nut allergies? Does it go far enough?

And then Air Canada responded to the CTA, and that brought more mail: What do you think of Air Canada’s response? Allow me to answer. When I look at the big picture – the news is so encouraging for those living with serious allergies. A major airline regulator has confirmed that, yes, there is a health and safety issue with potential contact with peanuts and nuts by allergic individuals in the confines of an airplane cabin. And the regulator has told Air Canada that precautions, including nut-free buffer zones, are required.

But there are shortcomings. As the CTA requested, Air Canada has replied to the agency. Rather than embrace the findings, the airline is offering the bare minimum to comply. How disappointing. Read more

Cat Allergy Ruling

The Canadian Transportation Agency has ruled that passengers with cat allergies have a disability when it comes to air travel. Now the agency has asked for a “thorough review” of Canadian airlines» policies concerning all pets.

View article

Hate Target

Tossed off a plane over a request not to serve peanuts, this woman is now getting hate mail at home.

Juliane’s story

These days, there’s plenty of allergen-free chocolate and candy for the Easter bunny to leave the kids on Easter morning. No doubt the adults in the family will also be tempted by the goodies on our list.

A week away in the woods without the watchful eye of a parent might seem implausible to many parents of allergic or asthmatic kids. But the good news is a growing number of camps are recognizing the importance of keeping kids safe, and have developed detailed procedures for managing food allergies and celiac disease or asthma. At AllergicLiving.com, we’ve compiled a detailed camp directory, including descriptions of camp policies, contact information, and proximity to emergency health care. more

One in three people

will develop asthma: study.

Food allergy restaurant law in

place by summer.

Anaphylaxis Canada

announces Toronto conference for May.

Gluten-free food

maker gives workers the company.

Controversy over FDA asthma

drug warning.

Flu shot appears

safe for egg-allergic.

Study to look at

asthma/allergy and school performance.

Mar. 20

Food allergy walk

with Kyle Dine,

Minneapolis. more

Mar. 21

Lung Assoc. Stair

Climb, Vancouver. more

Mar. 24

Insect allergy

info night, Toronto. more

February 2010 NewsReport

Allergic Living — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 17:24:39 +0000


Spoil the allergic sweeties in your life with luxurious bites from three companies dedicated to safety and quality. Heart’s Content Premium chocolate free of peanuts, tree nuts, dairy and egg from Guardian Angel Foods. Large hollow chocolate heart filled with smaller solid hearts: $7.99/75 g. Select stores in Canada or online. Chocolate Lover Organic artisan chocolates by Seth Ellis Chocolatier are made in a peanut-, tree nut-, and gluten-free facility. Some contain dairy and soy lecithin. $7.99/box of 4 and $24.99/box of 18. Order online. Pretty in Pink Amanda’s Own makes great tasting chocolate, completely free of peanut, tree nut, dairy, egg and gluten, sweetly packaged. $4.75-$5.00/3 oz. online. – Pamela Lee


Our Man on Skis Steve Omischl grew up as a “pretty sick kid with asthma” and a peanut allergy. But he’s never let that stop him on his quest to world domination in freestyle skiing. Now, after disappointing finishes at his last two Olympics, the Winter Games in Vancouver are this four-time world aerials champ’s chance to snag Olympic gold. Last winter, Allergic Living spoke to Omischl about his huge anaphylactic reaction the night before a World Cup event. more Celebrity For a Day On a normal day, Olivia Piluso is a typical teenager – albeit an active, sporty one. But on a recent day, this peanut-allergic girl “felt like a celebrity” instead of an average teen. That day, Olivia carried the Olympic flame 300 metres as part of the Olympic torch relay. more The Pollen Problem The CSACI says pollen allergies may take some athletes by surprise during the Vancouver Games. Spring allergies come early on the West Coast, with alder pollen peaking in mid February to early March. Symptoms may cause concern as they mimic respiratory infections and influenza, and some allergy and cold medications contain banned substances. more


A recent study finds that one in three people reacting to peanuts and tree nuts aboard an aircraft are experiencing anaphylaxis, the most serious form of allergic reaction. Of particular concern to researchers from the University of Michigan and the Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network was that only 10 per cent of survey participants who had an inflight reaction used an epinephrine auto-injector to treat symptoms. (Most opted for an antihistamine.) Of 285 people who expressed interest in the study, 150 were chosen to participate since they (or their children) had experienced an allergic reaction aboard a commercial flight. Reactions were graded. “You have 50 people who had a fairly severe reaction on airplanes in the middle of nowhere, there’s a lot of risk to be taken if you’re just going to have Benadryl,” allergist Dr. Matthew Greenhawt, co-author of the study, told Allergic Living. more

Large number of
winter Olympians have asthma.

Molecule that turns
on allergies found.

Girl re-grows skin after reaction to
painkiller and virus.

New asthma
treatment?
Didgeridoo improves
lung function: study.

Celiac linked to
low birth weight.

Allergy shots reduce health
care costs.

Feb. 6
Allergy-aware
Indian cooking
class, Toronto. more

Feb. 7-9
AllerGen research conf.
Quebec City. more

Feb. 26-Mar. 2
AAAAI annual meeting,
New Orleans. more

Mar. 21
Lung Assoc. Stair
Climb, Vancouver. more

January 2010 NewsReport

Allergic Living — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 17:23:01 +0000

The Canadian Transportation Agency has ordered Air Canada to create a formal policy that includes nut- and peanut-free “buffer zones” on its airplanes when a person allergic to these foods is on board. In its ruling, published January 7, the agency also declared peanut and tree nut allergies a “disability” in the context of air travel.

The buffer zones would only be available if a passenger gives the airline advance notice of the allergy. At that point, the airline would not serve nuts or peanuts in that area, and people sitting in that area would be asked not to consume foods that contain peanuts or tree nuts.

The ruling is a result of complaints to the CTA from Sophia Huyer and Rhonda Nugent, on behalf of her daughter, about how Air Canada handled these allergies on their flights. Huyer once spent 40 minutes in the washroom on a flight while attendants served nuts to the rest of the passengers. – Claire Gagné

READ:

• Our Full Report

• What the Agency Said

• Give Your Opinion

Samantha Yaffe’s frank take on motherhood with food allergies.

Blog Post: United We Stand, Right?

Sam has heard it all: from parents who presume allergy parents are “hysterical” to those who bemoan school accommodations. But these days, she is disturbed by a divide within the allergic community.

In her new blog post, Sam identifies an “us and them” mentality expressed by some parents of children with allergies other than peanuts. Her view is that anger over strides made on peanut allergy hits the wrong target. There’s a better way, Sam contends. Read more and let her know what you think.

The new Winter issue is on sale at Shoppers Drug Mart, London Drugs, Chapters and Allergicliving.com

VIEW EXCERPTS

• Dating (and Kissing) with

Allergies, Celiac. more

• Allergic to Your Sweat? more

• Have Kitchen, Will Ski. Allergy-

safe vacations. more

• Plants That Will Clean Your

Indoor Air. more

Did you know that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency considers indoor air one of the Top Five environmental health risks? Yikes, it’s true: pollution inside your homes can be two to five times higher than the air outdoors. Take stock of our own habits that can be to blame, and find out how to improve the air your family breathes in our feature Beware the Air.

Also see: Plants That Clean Your Air.

Novel treatments for celiac in the works.

Faulty gene discovered in

childhood asthma.

Many physicians

uncomfortable

diagnosing, treating

food allergy: study.

Peanut allergy

“out”, celiac “in”: Washington Post.

Non-allergenic latex developed.

Polluted air may

render inhalers

less effective.

Jan. 17

Peanut-reduced

hockey event,

Vancouver. more

Jan. 23

Lung Assoc.

Skate-a-thon,

Montreal. more

Feb. 4-5

FA consumer protection

conf., Montreal. more

Feb. 7-9

AllerGen research conf.

Quebec City. more

Allergic Living acknowledges the assistance of the OMDC Magazine Fund, an initiative of the Ontario Media Development Corporation.

December 2009

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November 2009

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