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Gymnast feels ‘lucky to survive’ after life-threatening allergic reaction during flight

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Natasha Coates, 29, Britain’s number one disabled female gymnast, has a severe airborne allergy to tree nuts and peanuts. This has caused her to not fly for the past 13 years due to concerns about her safety on a plane when nuts are being sold. The Warrington-born athlete overcame this when she recently flew to … Read more

Widow speaks out after coroner discovers grandpa had fatal allergic reaction to CT scan, which was neglected

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The widow of a retired engineer who suffered a fatal allergic reaction to a CT scan says she is “sickened” by hospital failings that a coroner has found contributed to his death. Grandfather David Horsman, 65, from Westhoughton, went into cardiac arrest after having a reaction to a routine scan at a facility at the … Read more