Allergies

Are allergies our best defense against biohazards?

As common as they are, the origins of allergies are poorly understood. The prevailing theory is that they evolved as a method of defense against macroparasites — like ticks and worms — that are now triggered by a much wider variety of causes. However, a group of researchers from Yale think we’re looking at it…

io9 Tim Barribeau Apr 29

Everything You Need to Survive Seasonal Allergies Without Meds

Allergies are the worst thing. Here’s how to do something about it without pills. Allergies aren’t just physically debilitating, they make you question your fitness for the world as a human being. WTF? Why do you suffer every single year? Allergy medications frequently cause drowsiness and some studies indicate that prolonged use can cause scary…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Mar 22

No, your Wi-Fi signal is not giving you allergies

If you spend any time on a University campus, in an office building, or in some cities, you are probably being blanketed with a constant wireless internet signal. Recent reports of sickness among children at Toronto-area schools were blamed on the installation of Wi-Fi routers and created a local uproar — but is there any…

io9 Keith Veronese Mar 16

The Miraculous NASA Breakthrough That Could Save Millions of Lives (UPDATED)

There are no hospitals in space. The closest E.R. is back on Earth, and astronauts can’t exactly jump in a cab to get there. So what happens if the sun burps out a massive blast of radiation while an astronaut is space-amblin’ by? The NASA Biocapsule—made of carbon nanotubes—will be able to “diagnose” and instantly…

Health Brent Rose Feb 8

Are allergies for real?

Allergies were pretty much completely unknown until the beginning of the twentieth century, and allergic diseases have skyrocketed in the last twenty years, and well over half of all Americans are allergic to an airborne substance. What’s going on here? At first glance, that big spike in allergies might seem a bit unlikely — particularly…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Jan 13

Your allergies could help you fight off cancer

If you have a contact allergy, merely touching the wrong metal or chemical is enough to send your immune system into overdrive, triggering hives, swelling and general unpleasantness. However, it seems that this sensitivity may have a positive side effect: your hair-trigger immune system could be better at fighting off cancer. In a long-term study…

io9 Tim Barribeau Jul 14

Hypoallergenic Dogs Are Just a Myth

The next time you’re looking to get a dog, get any kind you want. Yep, any breed, size, fur, even if you have pet allergies Wait, what? According to researchers, there’s no difference between a hypoallergenic dog and non-hypoallergenic dog. Hypoallergenic dogs, or dogs “that are more compatible with an allergic person than other breeds”…

Tech News Casey Chan Jul 11

It Is Officially the Worst Allergy Season Ever

Or at least as far as we can remember. Allergies suck all around, but due to the lack of rain to wash away those hateful spores known as pollen, NYC residents are having a worse time of it this year. I wasn’t even aware physicians could specialize in allergy treatment, but apparently allergists are seeing…

Tech News Kwame Opam May 15

Could kissing ease your allergies?

Not many scientific studies can help you hook up. But here’s one that comes with its own pick-up line: “Let’s make out – it’ll help your allergies!” A study in the fantastically named Journal of Psychosomatic Research set out to determine whether kissing affects the production of allergen-specific IgE antibodies, the proteins made by your…

io9 Lillian Fritz-Laylin and Meredith Carpenter Feb 11

Having intestinal worms could prevent allergic reactions

Intestinal worms have figured out a way to keep themselves protected from your body’s immune system, by taking control of part of it. The job of flushing out these worms would normally go to your T cells, which attack invaders. But the worm Heligmosomoides polygyrus makes a protein which restrains the production of T cells,…

io9 Tim Barribeau Sep 30

Lifemax Sneezer Beam Annihilates Your Allergies With Light

You want to know what snake oil smells like? Take a whiff of the Lifemax Sneezer beam. Oh wait—you can’t because your nose is stuffed up. Well, I suggest taking some Allegra because I hardly think cramming two light beam rods up your nose that use “dual-wavelength phototherapy” will do much to relieve congestion, runny…

Health Sean Fallon Nov 12

EpiCard Makes EpiPens Look Fat By Comparison

Some medical students have come up with a handy replacement for the EpiPen called the EpiCard. It’s roughly the size of a credit card and has built-in audio instructions on its use to help the patient self-administer the treatment if needed. Those of us with hardcore life threatening allergies have to keep a treatment like…

Tech News Matt Hickey Aug 18

Japanese Nose Mask Pit Saves You From Allergies, Talking Normally

Are your allergies so severe that a Claritin has no effect? The Japanese have a solution, and it involves shoving round pieces of plastic up your nose to block out allergens. It may seem unorthodox, but as the lady at the clinic keeps telling me, prevention is much more effective than cures. We’ll stick to…

Tech News Jason Chen Apr 29

Ford Mondeo Constructed Completely Allergy Free, Unless of Course You’re Allergic to Ford Mondeos

I have allergies. It’s not horrible, but a couple times a month I’ll have to take something for it. Therefore, you’d think this completely allergy free Ford Mondeo would be fantastic for me. Sadly for Ford, my allergies aren’t bad enough to make me drive a Mondeo. For those of you who do suffer horribly,…

Tech News Jason Chen May 31

British Woman is Allergic to “Modern Technology”

Man, and you thought your peanut allergy sucked. A woman in Britain is allergic to cell phones— and computers, microwaves, and some cars. She claims to be allergic to “modern technology,” but it seems that it could be more accurately be described as a reaction to the electromagnetic field put out by many devices. When…

Tech News Adam Frucci Mar 21

Are allergies our best defense against biohazards?

Everything You Need to Survive Seasonal Allergies Without Meds

No, your Wi-Fi signal is not giving you allergies

The Miraculous NASA Breakthrough That Could Save Millions of Lives (UPDATED)

Are allergies for real?

Your allergies could help you fight off cancer

Hypoallergenic Dogs Are Just a Myth

It Is Officially the Worst Allergy Season Ever

Could kissing ease your allergies?

Having intestinal worms could prevent allergic reactions

Lifemax Sneezer Beam Annihilates Your Allergies With Light

EpiCard Makes EpiPens Look Fat By Comparison

Japanese Nose Mask Pit Saves You From Allergies, Talking Normally

Ford Mondeo Constructed Completely Allergy Free, Unless of Course You’re Allergic to Ford Mondeos

British Woman is Allergic to “Modern Technology”

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