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Nothing Nuts About It!

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 »

 

Tobacco Companies Target Working-Class Women

The largest manufacturers of cigarettes in America are focusing their marketing on undereducated and low-income women of the unskilled working class, according to a study released last month. Citing numerous internal documents, a Tufts University and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI) research group concluded that tobacco companies view this segment of the population as a rare opportunity for growth. In research published last month in the journal Tobacco Control, the Massachusetts researchers ...More »