Allergies

From itchy and annoying to potentially deadly, allergies seem to make our lives worse for pretty much no discernible reason! 

[Truth or Fail]

Hot Dog Allergy 

https://spoonuniversity.com/lifestyle/hot-dog-allergie

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1994783/

Cat-Pork

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3594363/

Parent Spit

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2013/05/06/180817114/parents-saliva-on-pacifiers-could-ward-off-babys-allergies

[Fact Off]

Thunderstorm asthma

https://academic.oup.com/qjmed/article/106/3/207/1565254

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/cea.12709

https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/thunderstorm-asthma-the-night-a-deadly-storm-took-melbournes-breath-away-20170308-gut8ur.html

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/nov/27/thunderstorm-asthma-oure-talking-an-event-equivalent-to-a-terrorist-attack

Langerhans cells

https://www.popsci.com/allergy-immunotherapy-toothpaste/

https://allovate.com/how-allerdent-works/

[Ask the Science Couch]

Allergies & public horticulture

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/seasonal-allergies-blame-male-trees

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016920461100137X

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-08/asoa-hpc082615.php

[Butt One More Thing]

Milk allergy fecal transplant

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-018-0324-z