Thursday, October 05, 2006

Bless you! Weekly shots found to suppress hay fever for years
Wed Oct 4, 2006
By Gene Emery

BOSTON (Reuters) - A new allergy treatment may offer long-term relief from the miseries of hay fever with only 6 weekly shots, instead of injections once or twice a week over three to five years, researchers reported on Wednesday.

Not only does the relief seem to last more than a year, the technique may be applied to other substances that spark allergic reactions, said Dr. Peter Creticos of the Johns Hopkins Asthma and Allergy Center in Baltimore, leader of the team.

"We're interested in grass, we're interested in dust mites, we're interested in cats," he told Reuters.
Of the 40 million hay fever sufferers in the United States, about 20 million to 30 million are allergic to ragweed, a yellow flowering weed which appears east of the Rocky Mountains and is a top cause of hay fever symptoms in the autumn season.
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