Robert Wood Quotes (9 Quotes)

The big issues always remain health care, pensions and things like that.

As a country becomes more developed, allergy rises and rises. And the notion there is that in the more-developed countries, you may be getting less exposure to infections and germs and other things that may stimulate your immune system in a direction other than allergy, ... The more your immune system is kept busy by exposure to germs and infections early in life, the less time it can devote to things like allergy.

It is common because of an ongoing dislike of peanut or an ongoing fear of a reaction. That is reasonable because there is a risk of recurrence and reactions could be worse.

The president has said for quite a while now that we support European diplomacy, and we've been giving full backing to that effort. In the interview with Israeli radio, he was merely reiterating the government's position. Our policy hasn't changed.

The exact mechanism by which peanut allergy may recur is not known, but we know that the children in our study who ate concentrated forms of peanut frequently had a considerably lower chance of having a recurrence of their allergy.

These findings give allergists a safe guideline in deciding whether to advise their patients to continue avoiding tree nuts, or whether it's time to try an oral food challenge to see if they've outgrown the allergy,

We have to take it back to the membership to vote, because it is their decision. It will be a simple majority either way -- to stay out on strike or to go back to work.

It's about having a good balance. We don't want to waste the resources we have.

Our research shows that for some children, however, lifelong avoidance of these nuts, found in countless food products, may not be necessary.