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By Raechel Zipagan
Electrical Engineering, Boston University

Children who have outgrown a peanut allergy may lower their risk of recurrence by frequently eating peanuts or peanut products, according to a study published in the November issue of the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.

In the study, Dr. Robert Wood, pediatric allergist at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center, and colleagues at Arkansas Children's Hospital evaluated 68 children between the ages of 5 and 21 who outgrew a peanut allergy. Each child’s family completed a questionn ...More »

 

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The obese rat on the left, the equivalent of a 400-pound human, is used to study peripheral vascular disease, a debilitating reduction in blood flow to limbs and organs. Image Courtesy: Phil Jones.
Morbidly Obese Rats Demonstrate Vascular Disease

Cardiovascular researchers are using a mutant rat that is proportionately as obese as a 400-pound human to study peripheral vascular disease. The rat may help clarify physiological factors contributing to circulatory changes in obese people, clearing the way for help for the morbidly obese. “Peripheral vascular disease is of interest to us is not because it kills but because patients with it often have quality of life indices worse than those of terminal cancer,” says David Stepp, a research ...More »

 
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