20 May 2008
Farm moms may help children beat allergies

Well duh! There are very few allergies among farm kids as opposed to the general population. But I would like to suggest that maybe the answer isn't a vaccine - it's more farms and more farm kids, or at least a better urban lifestyle that doesn't try to prevent all exposure to all allergens for everybody.

Mothers exposed to farms, particularly to barns and farm milk, while pregnant confer protection from allergies on their newborns, according to a group of German researchers, who will present their findings at the American Thoracic Society's 2008 International Conference in Toronto on Wednesday, May 21

(link) [EurekAlert!]

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