A FOOD Allergy Strategy for Wales, designed to educate food businesses, will be launched at a public health conference organised by the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) in Cardiff on Wednesday.
Julie Barratt, below, CIEH director for Wales, said, “It is estimated that between 5 and 8% of children and 1 to 2% of […]
HE IS renowned throughout the glens of the West Highlands as an accomplished fiddler, despite his advancing years.
A wedding, funeral, ceilidh, concert or old folks ‘do’ was not complete without 80-year-old Iain Kennedy’s fiddle accompanied by wife, Mary, on the organ. Now however Iain, father of former Liberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy, has been forced […]
Germany’s Schwarz Pharma, which is on the verge of merging with UCB of Belgium has reported positive results from a Phase III trial of lacosamide in patients with painful diabetic neuropathy.
The company noted that data from the study showed statistically significant superiority for the drug versus placebo in the primary variable and was also well […]
CHOCOLATE giant Cadbury are recalling Creme Eggs because a labelling mix-up makes them potentially fatal to nut allergy sufferers.
The company is issuing nationwide adverts alerting customers to the recall of Mini Creme Eggs as well as selected Easter eggs and Easter Chicks with Buttons.
The scare comes just two months after the company announced last year’s […]
MORRIS PLAINS, N.J., Feb. 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Literacy for Life(TM) program launches with a $40,000 library makeover contest and a new web site, , a reading and wellness resource that provides tools for parents and educators to help inspire children to become lifelong readers and to teach them how to stay healthy at home […]
Allergic reactions to hair dye are increasing as more and younger people dye their hair, warn researchers in this week’s BMJ.
This can lead to dermatitis on the face and, in severe cases, facial swelling may occur.
More than two thirds of hair dyes currently contain para-phenylenediamine (PPD) and other related agents. During the 20th century, allergic […]
The only war going worse than the one in Iraq continued yesterday, as two men in East Mount Airy were arrested for selling Xanax without a prescription.
The two men also sold codeine and percocets. Customers paid $50 for pancakes and syrup, i.e. Xanax and codeine. A narcotics captain said the case “erodes public confidence with […]