16/08/2013 We’ve been busy working on the AlleRiC study, which is part of the Integrated Approaches to Food Allergen and Allergy Risk Management (iFAAM) project. iFAAM is the world’s largest ever study of food allergies and involves experts from around
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The Anaphylaxis Campaign is sorry to announce that Dr Harry Morrow Brown, has died aged 96. Harry passed away on Thursday 22nd August at the Royal Derby Hospital after a short battle with recurrent heart-related illness. He was one of
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Ahead of the first term back for university undergraduates this month we have released a short film on our YouTube channel. The five minute film features Helen, a student in her final year talking about her experiences of attending university while
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16/09/2013 The BBC has highlighted the issues faced by new students looking to manage their allergy independently for the first time while heading off to university this September. The article, in the health section of the BBC News Online pages, features
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18th September 2013 The Anaphylaxis Campaign welcomes the announcement yesterday from Nick Clegg, Lib Dem leader and Deputy PM, that all pupils at infant schools in England are to have the option of free school lunches from next September (www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-24132416).
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06/06/2013 A recent UK/Australian article published in the journal Asia Pacific Allergy reviews the recent advances in the diagnosis and management of food allergy in children. It looks at the emerging technology of component testing, moves to standardisation of allergy
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17/05/2013 An allergy expert at Addenbrooke’s is leading a ground-breaking study which will, for the first time, identify how much peanut will cause an allergic reaction in the UK population and whether exercise or stress make people more likely to
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The Anaphylaxis Campaign gave comment in an article this week discussing the progress made by commercial caterers on being inclusive of allergies, intolerances and dietary requirements in menus and food information. It charts the progress made in including information
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The MMR vaccine is hot in the news at the moment with the recent measles outbreak. As a result we have had calls to our helpline on this subject. The advice from our Allergy Aunts is below. If you have
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