In the 9/24 episode of Fox TV’s “The Simpsons”, according to Fox’s own description, “Bart uses Skinner’s peanut allergy to force the Principal to do his bidding.”
Let Fox know how you feel about this kind of trivializing of peanut allergies. Find your local Fox affiliate and contact them.

Dear Asthma Advocates,
If you are receiving this message, I know that you care about lung disease-especially the increasing cases of asthma that affects the Chicagoland Collar Counties. One of our Hospital Sponsors this year is Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital in Downers Grove, which provided me with these alarming statistics:
In 2005, there were 146,281 admissions, not […]

With more and more children with chronic illnesses in public
schools today, educators have no choice but to accommodate their
conditions within the confines of regular education. Children with
asthma, allergies, diabetes, etc. must receive their education with
their non disabled peers, to the greatest extent possible. Our
children’s conditions are such that they can be easily accommodated
with common sense […]

From the Massachusetts Republican:

Caryl Schivley has the cookie that killed her son Brenton. A piece is missing where Brent took a bite of the peanut butter-based cookie.
A friend who was with him when he ate the cookie told Caryl that 16-year-old Brent said, “I shouldn’t have eaten that.” He took Benadryl, an antihistamine, which usually […]

A links of interest:
health.aol.com/allergies
www.cbc.ca/outfront/webfeatures/sabrina/sab_shell.html
www.nutrikitchen.com
www.welovesoy.com
www.Foodb.com
www7.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0605/feature4/index.html
kidshealth.org/teen/food_fitness/nutrition/food_allergies.html

The August 15, 2006 issue of the Mayo Clinic’s “HouseCall” e-newsletter features their Allergy Center:

Wheat in ice cream? It’s true, and if you’ve got food allergies, you should know the surprising places where wheat and seven other common food allergens are lurking. If you’ve got kids heading off to college, be sure to brush up […]

If you subscribe to either of these two magazines, check out the articles:
Allergic Living: p.49 (www.allergicliving.com)
Living Without: p.17-20 (www.livingwithout.com)
For those who don’t, we’ll include them in the next mailing.

The POCHA of Will County website is now LIVE!!! (Parents of Children Having Allergies). It looks amazing, thank you to our good friend, Bart! Bravo to Bart for the great web design he did organizing all this information for me!
Please check us out and let me know what you think! And, […]

From the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts HealthyMe! Health Update e-mail newsletter:

Traveling isn’t what it used to be. With long security lines, continually changing lists of restricted items, and cost-cutting by airlines, many people are deciding to drive more or simply stay at home. If you’re planning to fly in the near future, make […]

Do you know of any members who have a child or a spouse whose allergies include all of the major allergen groups: Dairy, egg, gluten, soy, tree nuts, peanuts, soy, shell fish and fin fish. I have one of each and am trying to find new items for travel that do […]