Allergy blood test prompts shift in diagnoses across doctors
A new blood test called RAST aims to let general physicians diagnose many allergies without specialists, drawing praise for cost and access from some family doctors while allergists fear overreliance and biased testing. Experts emphasize history and targeted testing for accuracy.
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Peekskill Health Center Feeds 2000 With Huge Lasagna
At a Peekskill festival along the riverfront Green the Peekskill Area Health Center prepared a 200 square foot serving of lasagna to feed nearly 2,000 people. Executive officer Pat Belth said the batch used 240 pounds ricotta 160 pounds mozzarella 40 pounds grated cheese 600 pounds flour 3 gallons plain tomato sauce and gallons of meat sauce with 100 dozen eggs baked in a 5 by 48 foot pan in a 7 by 48 foot oven by more than 25 cooks. The center previously earned a place in the Guinness Book in 1979 for a nearly 1,059 feet long loaf of bread.
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Peekskill Area Health Center
Peekskill Riverfront
Pat Belth
Westchester County Health
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