Word: dander
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...problem. ("Who will watch the children?," acidly observed former Prime Minister Laurent Fabius - who soon realized he was corroding his own reputation in saying so.) Now it's the fact that she has become so popular - or more precisely how she's done it - that's upped the dander of Socialist party dinosaurs. Earlier this week, former Education Minister Claude Allegre described Royal as having "an immense talent for self-promotion" - which in French politics is an insult...
...Without Allergies? One of the most intriguing questions in immunology today is why everyone doesn't suffer from asthma. After all, the air we breathe is full of germs, viruses and other irritants. Since half of the 17 million Americans with asthma are hypersensitive to common substances like cat dander or pollen, it stands to reason that their allergic reactions trigger the chronic inflammation in their bodies. Yet the people who develop asthma as adults - one of the most rapidly growing segments of the population - often don't have allergies. Doctors still don't know what's driving their disease...
...months old or younger face a risk when given antibiotics for the first time. A Detroit study found that such infants were 1 1/2 times as likely to develop allergies and twice as likely to develop asthma as babies who didn't take the drugs. But exposure to dander from two or more household pets seems to reduce these risks...
Asthma-inducing agents include dust mites, cockroaches, molds, rodents, pet dander and indoor air pollution. Other stimulants include cigarette smoke, exercise, pollen and hygiene, according to the HSPH website...
...hasn't had an asthma attack since we left Los Angeles. Penny, our English Setter, doesn't shed much except in spring, and she is bathed once every two weeks. If she were a cat, Shaughnessy says, she would have to be bathed once a week to keep her dander down...