Not long after our daughter was diagnosed with anaphylaxis, I began talking to Anaphylaxis Canada (AC) about joining the team. This week I was happy to receive news that I have been appointed as ...
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The state of Rhode Island has voted to relax a ban on peanut butter in schools. The good news is that the peanut ban is being replaced by a law whereby "affected schools would be required to dev...
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The most recent NoPeanuts poll asked "Has your child ever been bullied at school due to his/her food allergy?". Interestingly, 56% of the 41 respondents have children who are pre-school age, so o...
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Last week Dr. Wesley Burks was quoted as saying that immunotherapy could help peanut allergic patients by increasing their tolerance to peanuts. In 2007, Dr. Burks' team at Duke University repo...
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Today I was interviewed on the Charles Adler show which is syndicated across Canada. Here is the link to the recording . (It will be on the site for 30 days and you will need to select 2pm on May...
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This week NoPeanutsPlease was quoted in a Globe & Mail article covering bullying and food allergy. As a result of the quote, we have been interviewed several times on the radio. My wife was inte...
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NoPeanuts was quoted in a Globe & Mail story about bullying. The story ran today and my comment was in relation to the case in Kentucky : "This is a pretty groundbreaking case," said Vancouver f...
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Here is some additional perspective from the mother of the child that was featured in the recent ABC news story about food allergy bullying. The more I think about bullying and food allergy, ...
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In my last poll I asked you what you thought was the major factor in the increase in peanut allergy incidence. 41% of you think that it is changes in the food supply, not improved diagnosis and n...
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It is interesting that the criminal charges laid this week in Kentucky comes just after an article on bullying by ABC. The article featured a case of bullying where a girl had an apparent reacti...
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Just this week I blogged about progress in anaphylaxis and food allergy legislation . These policies and guidelines endeavour to protect allergic children in the school environment, by implementi...
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Lorraine Sommerfeld, of the Toronto Star, was at a charity fundraiser this past week. There was a comedian performing at the event and during a rant about how today's children live a relatively ...
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When we first learned of our daughter's severe peanut allergy and anaphylaxis, I remember wondering if we caused it. My wife ate peanuts during pregnancy and the theory of the day was that eating...
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This is very cool, though I'm sure that isn't something that the Tigers can do for all fans. They sure made one family's day! "I have have three big Detroit Tiger fans ... and have lamented the...
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I learn something new every day with respect to our daughter's allergies and this week I learned enough for a month! Tonight I was reviewing What's To Eat , a food allergy cookbook, and was remin...
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In the past two years there has been incredible momentum and success in legislative advocacy. Across North America there have been laws, recommendations and ministerial orders passed. In BC we...
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I ran a poll on the site asking whether you thought your child would outgrow his or her allergies. 75% of you expect your child to live with lifelong food allergy. For peanut allergic kids this ...
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This past week I had the pleasure of attending Anaphylaxis Canada’s inaugural BC Conference held in Vancouver. The event covered two days, with a training session for spokespeople on Saturday a...
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NoPeanutsPlease is about to reach a significant milestone ... 10,000 visitors! To celebrate I have decided to host an event in Vancouver during Food Allergy Awareness Week (May 11-17). The firs...
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Regular readers will know that I have an issue with unshelled peanuts at sporting events. It's very dangerous for those with peanut allergies as the dust and shell debris are generously distribut...
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I read an article today from CTV Winnipeg, in which a mother was contending that "her daughter's spring break was ruined because of an airline policy that can't guarantee safety for passengers w...
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I am often struck by life's little ironies. One such irony is that despite the volume of Blogger content covering severe food allergy, Google spell check does not recognize the word anaphylaxis. ...
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As regular readers will know, I have a strong opinion that unshelled peanuts should be removed from larger sporting venues. This week the Nashua Pride , a minor pro baseball team, announced a p...
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For those of you in the Vancouver area, please note that tonight our family will be featured on Global TV as part of a news hour series on anaphylaxis and severe food allergy. The series is a run...
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Our 3 year old daughter is severely allergic to peanuts and, to a lesser extent is allergic to egg. One of the challenges of managing an allergy in a young child is to ensure that she knows that ...
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