Tag: hygiene hypothesis
Breast Milk from Mennonite Moms on Farms May Better Protect Babies...
Women from traditional farming communities may pass protection against atopic diseases through their milk.
Is Infection with a Virus Important to Preventing Food Allergies? USDA...
The USDA is looking to academia to study the underpinnings of the hygiene hypothesis.
Paper Proposes a Cause of Food Allergies
Overactive food quality control system triggers food allergies
By Bill Hathaway
Food allergies have been increasing dramatically across the developed world for more than 30 years....
Hygiene Study Supports Association of Eczema and Skin Infections with Food...
The association of food allergy with early skin infection and eczema might shed more light on how food allergies develop.
Asia to Australia Migration Provides Clue to Nut Allergy
The study provides yet another indication that environmental factors early in life play a strong role in allergy development.
NY Times Opinion Piece: A Cure for the Allergy Epidemic?
Moises Velasquez-Manoff makes the case for the 'farm effect' as a contributing factor to allergies in an opinion piece in the New York Times.
Study: People Raised in Rural Environments Less Likely to Develop Allergies
A study conducted at the University of Helsinki confirms that people who grow up in rural environments are less likely to develop autoimmune and inflammatory diseases including allergies.
