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Class of 2010 on their final day!
Congratulations and good luck to the Class of 2010 from the MH Nurse teaching teamThen watch as Ukulele Bill and Val serenade them on their last day by clicking here
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Special Thanks to a Special Crew!
HP employees harvesting beans for Stone Soup, our local soup kitchenCommunity volunteers are the heart of the SAGE garden; over 500 people a year come help us farm this one-acre plot of city land....
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New Food Allergy Action Plan from FARE...And It's...Confusing
I was very happy to see a notification in my Facebook feed that FARE has come out with a revised allergy action plan document. This one does a better job than the old form of pointing out severe...
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The Gift
I watched a mom this morningStanding on our streetHer hand already emptyHer child was in his seatShe waved away the bus, and watchedIt bounce around the cornerThen instantly the smile changedFrom happy...
View ArticleMargaret Caldwell Working in Partnership with Clinical Service
Following an approach from Senior Management (NHSGG&C) Margaret has been facilitating a number of educational sessions for Community Support Workers (CSW).As part of our wider Clinical Academic...
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picnic in the park
In the middle of last month my man and I decided to celebrate two years of togetherness with a picnic in the park. We loaded up the picnic basket with all sorts of goodies, strapped it to the...
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A Couple Simple Recipes to Enjoy the Summer Bounty
This time of year there is a bounty of delicious produce. Talking with folks I've discovered that sometimes it can be a bit overwhelming to find a use for all the tomatoes or giant zucchini flowing...
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Mylan and Walgreens Team Up To "Remind" Us to Fill Our Epi-Pen Prescription
This is the Mylan slogan from their web site. I'm here to tell you that you should take them at their word. It's personal, all right.We received a letter yesterday, ostensibly from Walgreens, as part...
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"Can't You Take a (Food Allergy) Joke?"
Somewhere along the way in this 18 year journey, I lost my sense of humor.I know this is not news to any of you. After all, the "bitch" is right there in the title.Still, I'm reminded of the loss every...
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Seasonality and Food Allergies
Does it seem to anyone else that the odds of outgrowing a food allergy are a bit of a crap shoot?The odds seem even, well, odder lately. For example, there's this recent study that seems to promote the...
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A Day Full of Caring!
Morning Day of Caring teams with harvested SAGE produce for Stone Soup!Friday, September 20th was the United Way Day of Caring. Across Corvallis teams full of caring individuals dispersed to volunteer...
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Pamela Kennedy is Raising Money for SAMH This Weekend
2nd Year Mental Health Nursing student is raising money for SAMH by taking part in the Great Scottish run on 6th October 2013.Pam's motivation for this challenge is the memory of her uncle Gordon who...
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Examples of Food Allergy Backlash
I've been pretty busy over the last couple of weeks. So, instead of writing a long blog post, I think I'll just leave a few things here that I've recently run across.Stores are increasingly putting...
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Discuss This Food Allergy Research At The Dinner Table Tonight!
FARE's name change ruined my awesome pun headlineMy mom and I went to a reunion this summer with her first cousins, ladies I had not met before. On the way to the restaurant, I was telling my mom about...
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kale and sweet potato clam chowder
I've only had chowder two other times before this and it was the creamy, loads of bacon and carbs kind. All the delicious stuff right? Well this time using milk instead of cream and more sweet...
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Inclusion and Food Allergies: How Far Is Too Far?
I enjoy hanging out on Reddit. It feels a little like going to a teenager zoo and I consider it an important study tool in the quest to understand my own teens. Yes, there are other people there who...
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Transition Time
"Leaves are falling all around, it was time I was on my way. To you I'm much obliged, for such a pleasant stay. " - Led Zeppelin's Ramble OnSAGE sure is in a state of seasonal transition. Summer...
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Magical Thinking and Food Allergies
So we got our FAHF-2 clinical trial email notification this week.No, it's not the trial results. It was just a brief little note:We are pleased to let you know that study participants have completed...
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Turn Trash to Treasure: An Easy Way to Help SAGE and the Corvallis...
Clear clutter and unwanted items from your home and you can help raise funds for the Corvallis Environmental Center--all year long! Just take your unwanted items to an ARC Thrift Store where they sell...
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