Can Allergies be Good for You? Yale University Study

If you're one of the millions of people coughing, sneezing, sputtering, and cursing your body's hypersensitivity to ragweed, trees, and grass this spring, researchers at Yale have what could be considered positive news: Seasonal allergies may be a sign that your immune system is doing what nature intended it to do -- protect you against environmental toxins that are far more harmful than pollen. The paper appears in Nature.

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