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...experimental treatment, called oral immunotherapy, aims to desensitize the body to allergens like peanuts by training the immune system to make peace with them. Most food allergies - whether to peanuts, eggs, milk or shellfish - are a result of the immune system misidentifying a food as a dangerous toxin. The body wages war with the invader, and the by-product is an allergic reaction - anything from a minor itch or swelling to a severe asthma attack, which in extremely rare cases and if left untreated can lead to death. Immunotherapy is designed to build up the body's tolerance to such...
...People often ask me why I chose to do mechanical engineering and not computers or electronics. And I always have to find words to explain that I like to see things happening. I like to see the pistons being pushed by steam, or objects moving as a result of a force, instead of working with wires where you can't see the resistance or compilers and processors executing algorithms. This article has given a single word to my long explanation - I am a steampunk. Manav Sachdeva, JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
...People often ask me why I chose to do mechanical engineering and not computers or electronics. And I always have to find words to explain that I like to see things happening. I like to see the pistons being pushed by steam, or objects moving as a result of a force, instead of working with wires where you can't see the resistance or compilers and processors executing algorithms. This article has given a single word to my long explanation - I am a steampunk. Manav Sachdeva Johannesburg, South Africa
...certain extent, mounting sovereign debt is a natural outcome of the recent recession. As in any downturn, tax revenues shrank but government spending increased to stimulate sagging economies. The result: budget deficits and more borrowing. Expensive banking-sector bailouts made the burden even heavier. That's not automatically dangerous. There is no particular level of debt that acts as a trip wire and tosses an economy into crisis. Different economies can bear different levels of government debt, depending on their ability - real or perceived - to finance it. While Greece's small and uncompetitive economy is struggling to stay afloat, Japan...
...reason for the potential habitat overlap is twofold: grizzlies seem to be expanding their range east and south from the Rockies, mostly as a result of their growing population, says Rockwell. Polar bears, meanwhile, are spending more time on land, as global warming causes ice to break up earlier and refreeze later in the year. And that means that while encounters between these huge bears might be rare today, they could become increasingly common...