Dr. Nicholas Christakis certainly caused quite a stir on the blogs when he said that school and parents are engaging in mass panic about food allergies. I didn't necessarily disagree with him. Here's what I said on Healthcentral.com.
This past year, Time Magazine reporters have written several stories about nut allergies and this week they looked at Dr. Nicholas Christakis' assertion: that school and parents are engaging in mass panic about nut allergies and how to adequately keep their...
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"Of all the allergy symptoms I have, an itchy throat is the most bothersome for me." If you get an itchy throat or mouth, especially after eating... Read more »
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