Your sniffles and sneezes may not be due to allergies after all. In a recent study of 246 patients, researchers found that nearly two thirds of patients treated for allergies were not allergic. Sheryl Szeinbach a study co-author and professor of pharmacy at Ohio State, says millions of people suffer unnecessarily because they really don t have allergies. They re often prescribed antihistamines that don t help the problem. Szeinbach used an allergy blood-testing method to test patients reactions to common allergens by testing the reaction of immunoglobulin E, a compound found in the immune system, to specific allergens.
Prostate cancer affects thousands of men each year.
It is the second most common form of cancer and the second-leading cause of cancer deaths among men, but it is one of the most treatable cancers when detected early. Topics include prevention, risk factors and treatment options. The curse of medievalism April 10. Professor Clare Simmons, Department of English, will speak on Bad Baronets and the Curse of Medievalism, analyzing Britain's complex relationship with its medieval past and the prevalence of medievalism in present-day discussions of aristocratic privilege. Energy and regulatory experts from across the country will offer their ideas on the problems encountered in California and elsewhere with electric industry restructuring at the NRRI Market Power Conference.