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	Hike for Lung Health July 7, 2008 Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology recommends if you have a significant food allergy and asthma then carry two doses of epinephrine. Twelve investigators have received grants totaling $5 million over two years to lead innovative studies of food allergy. The National Institutes of Health is finally realizing food allergies are a significant health issue. NEW SUPPORT GROUP! POCHA NORTHWEST: serving Wauconda, Island Lake, Lake Zurich, Barrington, Hawthorn Woods, Crystal Lake, Cary, Lake in the Hills, Algonquin, and McHenry. Contact: Nancy Wood (enajwood@hotmail.com ) phone # 847-639-0671. HB 5338 passed both the House and the Senate but since the Senate added an amendment, the House needs to approve it. It is now in the rules committee. The only way for it to move out of the committee is for Speaker Mike Madigan to call it out of committee. Contact him and urge him to call it the next time the House is in session. Summer camp? Don't let anyone tell you that they won't give your child epinphrine if needed. The Americans with Diabilities Act Title III states they must give it. Read the Dept. of Justice Guidelines about child care centers. It applies to summer camps too. Report from Washington D.C. Trip with United for Lung Health IFAEA supports the Healthy Schools campaign and the IL Ass. School Nurses for a State School Nurse Consultant. Many states have one. Read more. Check out a gluten free You Tube video for gluten free pizza. Great for teens. National Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Management Act has passed the House, has been read in the Senate and is in the committee on Health. Education, Labor and Pensions. Call Sen. Obama and ask him to support it. U.K. just issued a 56-page guideline for restaurants etc. on how to handle food allergies. Great reference for food service at school. There is a new food allergy support/advocacy group in the Bloomington/Normal, Illinois, area. We are called Food Allergy Network of Bloomington/Normal (FANofBN). The contact person is Marsha Veninga at FANofBN@yahoo.com. Quebec Food Allergy Association released its 2008 edition of its Food Allergy Management Manuel for Restaurants and food Services. National Institute of Health makes food allergy research recommendations. Gurnee Dist. 50 has a new school food allergy policy. Congrats to all who worked hard. It paid off. This is sad but not surprising. October issue of Journ. School Nursing found only 15% of students used FAAN's food allergy action plan. IFAEA thinks it's too big and complicated for ER use but IS the best out there. Let us hear your opinion. E-mail us. Don't let your teenager or young adult be sloppy. Use IFAEA's slogan: Think AAA= Awareness, Avoidance, and Adrenaline to educate them. A 25 year old woman who knew she had a food allergy recently died because she had NO epinephrine with her. American Academy of Pediatrics updated advice on feeding small children. Dr. Sicherer helped write the guidelines. FDA recalls. Failure to list allergens on labels — or to keep allergens out of foods they're not supposed to be in — accounted for half the Food and Drug Administration's most serious food recalls in fiscal 2007. Alergia a Alimentos Last year a bill was introduced in the IL Senate to eliminate school kids from carrying their Epis at school. Sen. Pamela Althoff introduced the bill. Why would anyone take this away from our kids? Let her know how you feel.815-455-6330. Click to read the bill. Health care coverage information. Click on link. First Lady Patti Blagojevich announced that all Illinois Schools will get a copy of the School Food Allergy Program from the Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network. Does your school have it? Food Allergic teens take risks according to a study from the American Academy of Allergy Asthma & Immunology (AAAAI). >> More News & Events Read the most extensive school food allergy policy developed in Wilmette, Illinois. Learn: Schools must give your child a safe substitute food if they get federal money. Download the USDA form and view its Guidelines. View the most definitive school food allergy policy in the country developed for the Massachusett's Department of Education. Think AAA - Awareness, Avoidance and Adrenaline™ Choose a Food Allergy Action Plan for Your Child  •  English  •  Spanish  •  Polish - EpiPen  •  Polish - Twinject (Polish Coming Soon) Action plans reprinted and adapted with permission from The Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network.  •  New Law: Self-administration of medication - Lets kids carry epinephrine at school.  •  Asthma Inhalers at Recreational Camps Act - Campers can carry epinephrine at summer camps.  •  POCHA (Parents of Children Having Allergies)  •  POCA of DuPage (Parents of Children with Allergies)  •  POCWAW (Parents of Children with Allergies-Wilmette)  •  CIFAN (Central Illinois Food Allergy Network)  •  POCHA of Will County (Parents of Children Having Allergies)  •  MOCHA - Chicago (Mothers of Children Having Allergies)  •  MOCHA - North (Mothers of Children Having Allergies)  •  MOCHA Northwest (Mothers of Children Having Allergies)  •  Peoria Food Allergy Parents  •  Stateline FAST (Stateline Food Allergy Support Team) View more resources
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