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\nObserver journalist Jo Revill has just written a
  book entitled Allergy Explosion on how and why allergies are increasing. S
 he will be accompanied by Classic FM radio doctor and local GP Dr Rob Hicks
 \, who will advise on prevention and show how our lifestyles can threaten o
 ur children’s health. Chaired by Alison Baverstock.
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\n*_Biography - Jo
  Revill_*
\nJo Revill has been Health Editor of the Observer for the last 3
  years. She has also worked on the Evening Standard as Political Correspond
 ent and also as Health Correspondent as well as the Sunday Times and the Ma
 il on Sunday. She has written extensively on health and environmental issue
 s and worked closely with medical organisations and NGOs such as the World 
 Health Organisation. Jo has initiated and run several campaigns for the Obs
 erver\, the first being on the subject of childhood obesity and the latest 
 concerning the problems surrounding childbirth. Her first book\, Everything
  You Need to Know about Bird Flu\, was published in 2006 to critical acclai
 m and was serialised in The Times. 
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\n*_Biography - Dr Rob Hicks_*
\nRob
  is one of the UK’s most prominent and well-known media-doctors. A practi
 sing GP he also works in a hospital sexual health clinic. He lives in Great
 er London with his family. A prolific health writer and medical journalist 
 he has columns in Men’s Fitness and Prima Baby magazines. Rob is the auth
 or of two books – “Control your blood pressure: Keeping a lid on hypert
 ension” and “Beat your allergies: Find relief\, feel free”. Rob is a 
 medical editor and medical writer for the BBC online health sites and is al
 so the medical script adviser to the successful BBC television drama series
  “Doctors”. As a celebrity doctor Rob is a popular and entertaining pub
 lic speaker who gives talks to consumer\, professional and corporate audien
 ces. An experienced presenter\, he has fronted a number of corporate videos
  and been the spokesperson for many successful health campaigns. He is a me
 dical adviser and communications consultant for a variety of organisations 
 and is a highly respected media and communications trainer.
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\n"www.drrob
 hicks.co.uk2":http://www.drrobhicks.co.uk2
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\n*_Biography - Alison Bavers
 ock_*
\nA publisher\, she began to write about publishing and now\, in addi
 tion to writing\, teaches Creative Writing\, Marketing and Publishing at Ki
 ngston University. Her particular speciality is writing about how to write 
 and get published\; Is there a book in you? and Marketing Your Book\, An Au
 thor’s Guide have sold very well. She also writes about balancing work li
 fe and family\, and is the co-author\, with educator Gill Hines\, of the be
 stselling Whatever! A Down To Earth Guide To Parenting Teenagers. She is re
 gularly interviewed in the media about writing\, publishing and parenting a
 nd has appeared on Richard and Judy\, BBC Breakfast\, Woman’s Hour and Bo
 okshelf. She lives in Kingston with her husband and they have four teenage 
 children. 
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\n"www.alisonbaverstock.com3":http://www.alisonbaverstock.com
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SUMMARY:Is the Allergy Now an Epidemic?
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