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The Springtime Blues: Understanding Seasonal Allergies



When T.S. Eliot wrote the opening to The Waste Land, his primary intention was to capture the disillusionment of the post-World War I generation. For seasonal-allergy sufferers, however, a line such as “April is the cruellest month…” must take on a dual meaning. Indeed, sometimes the most annoying symptoms are also the most harrowing, so for those 40 million Americans who bear runny noses and watery eyes through the spring and into the summer, there might as well be a war going on in the cellula ...More »

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Letter to the Editor - Health Disparities Research: Role for Undergraduate Students



Letter to the Editor

Letters to the Editor are accepted from any reader, and may address any topic dealing with science or undergraduate issues. They are published at the editor’s discretion. To submit a Letter to the Editor, please write to eic@jyi.org.


To the Editor.— In a study of The Philadelphia Negro (published in 1899) and in The Health and Physique of the Negro American (a 1906 volume), ...More »