Current News (Jan 1)

Medina family and schools take on food allergies
WKYC-TV – Cleveland,OH,USA
As a result, teachers, custodians and bus drivers are taught how to handle a child with a severe food allergy. The children with food allergies have their …

http://www.wkyc.com/news/local/news_article.aspx?storyid=101772&catid=3

Managing food allergies abroad
CNN – USA
By Colleen Long (Budget Travel) — At a London restaurant three years ago, Olivia Giovetti, a Los Angeles writer with a severe allergy to hazelnuts, …

http://www.cnn.com/2008/TRAVEL/traveltips/12/29/food.allergies.abroad/

Allergies shouldn’t cause stress during the holidays
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle – Rochester,NY,USA
It often helps to tell a loved one that worrying about the food allergy is detracting from your enjoyment of their company. If possible ask that a food …

http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20081225/LIVING01/812250309/1032/LIVING

Food allergy: Local family must watch what they eat
Temple Daily Telegram – Temple,TX,USA
Both parents have allergies, but not to food. The thought is that the child inherits the capacity to develop an allergy from the parent, but not to any …

http://www.tdtnews.com/story/2008/12/24/54622/

Report: Mislabeled Foods Pose Health Risks
CBS2 Chicago – Chicago,IL,USA
Read more in our Privacy Policy Parents of the growing number of children with severe food allergies have to wage a constant battle to monitor what their …

http://cbs2chicago.com/consumer/food.allergies.mislabeling.2.892070.html

Clay family deals with nut allergies
Florida Times-Union – Jacksonville,FL,USA
They are among the four out of every 100 children who have a food allergy, a number that has grown 18 percent in the past 10 years, according to the US …

http://www.jacksonville.com/community/my_clay_sun/2008-12-20/clay_family_deals_with_nut_allergies

Boy, 6, dies in street after suspected allergy attack
Scotsman – United Kingdom
Anaphylaxis is a severe allergic reaction to a food or other allergen, with symptoms including raised blood pressure, breathing difficulties and swelling of …

http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Boy-6-dies-in-street.4810980.jp

Charges dropped in allergy death of patient at Elgin Mental Health …
Chicago Tribune – United States
… June 20 and died after being fed fish despite warnings, including notes on his chart and special colored cards on his food tray, that he was allergic. …

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-allergy-death-19dec19,0,4761281.story

Cost Cutting Website For Those With Food Allergies
CBS 4 – Miami,FL,USA
About 12 million Americans suffer from some type of food allergy. Many of those can be deadly and going to the grocery store can be confusing and costly. …

http://cbs4.com/local/allergies.food.allergy.2.889649.html

Preventing Food Allergy—Is It Possible?
U.S. News & World Report – Washington,DC,USA
For reasons not totally understood, food allergies—to peanuts and eggs and fish, for example—are on the rise, and affected children are two to four times as …

http://health.usnews.com/articles/health/allergy-and-asthma/2008/12/15/preventing-food-allergy–is-it-possible.html

Nut Bans in Schools May Be Spurring Hysteria
Washington Post – United States
12 (HealthDay News) — Peanut and other food allergies are on the rise, with more and more children being diagnosed with potentially life-threatening …

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/12/AR2008121201282.html