immune system

People who have an allergic parent are pretty likely also to be allergic. But those of us with two allergic parents (yours truly) are really hosed.

Allergy to cow's milk is not well understood*.

Last year, a team of researchers led by Ellen Foxman and Akiko Iwasaki of Yale University provided supporting evidence for the popular notion that being in cold weather makes a person more susceptible to catching cold.

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When a mild fever strikes healthy kids or adults, that small rise in body temperature usually prompts a move towards th

Scientists and doctors alike have considered gene therapy a potential panacea since it was first post