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...talking points about fairness in the workplace, better health and education services and a cleaner environment. A foreign affairs and trade specialist, Rudd is well traveled and speaks Mandarin. Elected to Parliament in 1998, Rudd came to prominence this past year through his pursuit of the Howard government over wheat exporter AWB's abuse of the Iraqi oil-for-food program. Rudd is a Christian who is comfortable speaking about his faith. His early life was thrown into turmoil when his farmer father was killed in a car accident before Rudd reached his teens. He went to university in Canberra...
...American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology estimates that 6 to 8% of children suffer from severe food allergies, and though no one can agree on exactly why, the number of young sufferers has grown significantly over the past couple of decades. Nearly 90% are caused by milk, eggs, peanuts, wheat, soy, fish, shellfish or tree nuts. On January 1, a federal law took effect requiring food labels to state clearly whether a product contains any one of those main eight culprits. But significant difficulties-not necessarily medical-remain. A food allergy diagnosis has a tremendous impact on the psychological wellbeing...
...study of 17 families with children with anaphylaxis, the authors describe the profound psychosocial impact on parents of knowing an illness can cause death. "I was completely shocked and surprisingly emotional," says Stefanie Jones, who burst into tears when daughter Darby was diagnosed four months ago with egg, milk, wheat, and peanut allergies. "I realized I'm going to have that weird kid at the party with the dairy-free, prune juice cookies...
...Contradictory evidence abounds: In a June paper published in Pediatrics, children who ate wheat before six months of age actually had lower allergy rates than those who avoided it. Some studies show C-section delivered babies to be more allergic; others, the opposite. Some evidence suggests homogenized peanut butter is the culprit, other studies point to an increased use of vegetable oils. Dr. Hugh Sampson, professor of pediatrics and immunology at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine and widely considered the top expert in the field, says: "It's all still speculative. The answer probably lies in multiple factors...
...Brooks Brothers clad rowing enthusiasts and stepped into Reunion Village, a cluster of tents on the south bank of the Charles River that proudly displayed the names of posh prep schools and universities (think Grottlesex and Ivys). Rowers and crew aficionados lounged on plastic folding chairs, sipping Hefeweizen Unfiltered Wheat Beer out of plastic cups as shells smoothly zipped by. The North Yarmouth Academy tent proudly displayed an assortment of M&M’s and Tootsie Roll Pops amid a seasonal arrangement of pumpkins. Its neighbor, Berwick Academy, had a less impressive spread: a basket of apples and unopened...