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If you're really socked with allergies, you'll feel tired and washed out. Or are you someone free from... . Chicago Sun Times , Midwest receives allergy alert We'll have lots to sneeze at in ' , experts say If you want to survive this year's allergy season, you may have only one alternative move to Europe."There is little or no ragweed in Europe, and it's actually a pleasant option," said Dr. Roy Patterson, chief of the allergy immunology section at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. Added Evelyn Albu, director of professional services for the Shearing Corp. drug company, "If you are in the United States, it doesn't... . Newsday (Melville, NY) May , DISCOVERIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE How Come? ON RED ALERT FIGHTING ALLERGIES WHAT CAUSES allergies? asks TaHa Payne, , of Staten Island. Ray is allergic to peanuts. He says peanuts make him feel sick to his stomach. Once after eating some peanut butter he even had trouble breathing. So when Ray is invited to dinner, he always asks if there are peanuts in anything. And if there are, no matter how delicious the dish looks, he won't touch it.Although Ray blames his problem on peanuts, it is actually his body that is making him ill. Whenever he eats... . . . , Study makes strides in conquering food allergies Could eating tiny amounts of the very foods that endanger them eventually train children's bodies to overcome severe food allergies?It just may work, suggest preliminary from a handful of youngsters allergic to peanuts or eggs and who, after two years of treatment, seem protected enough that an accidental bite of the forbidden foods is no longer a huge threat. Don't try this experiment on your own, warns lead researcher Dr. A. Wesley Burks at Duke... . Charlotte Observer, The (NC) , FIGHTING ALLERGIES, ONE BITE AT A TIME, DUKE STUDY SEES EARLY SUCCESS BY FEEDING KIDS SMALL AMOUNTS OF TABOO FOOD In severely allergic children, a trace of peanut or smidgen of egg can trigger a deadly reaction. But new research by Duke physicians suggests a way out feeding children gradually increasing amounts of the foods that sicken them.When year old Caroline Vande Berg of Cary started in a Duke peanut allergy study last spring, she was so sensitive she couldn't enter the same room as an open jar of peanut butter without coughing and breaking out in a rash. Today, after receiving... . Chronicle Herald, The (Halifax, a Scotia, Canada) , U.S. company kets allergy free cats This week witnessed an event that will have some animal lovers cheering the arrival on the ket of long promised allergy free pet cats. But you might be surprised at how low tech these cute kitties are especially considering the almost $ , US price tag. The cats are being sold by Allerca, a company based in San Diego, Calif. It is currently taking orders for deliveries next year.Founder Simon Brodie says he started by trying to genetically engineer a low allergy cat, but during the... . a Chronicle, The (GA) , ALLERGY SUFFERERS, BEWARE GRASS, MOLD, FUNGUS PROSPER IN FREQUENT RAIN SHOWERS Dr. Vanitcha Pintavorn shined a light up Patty Rohr's nose and then said something surprising."Wow, it actually looks pretty good," Dr. Pintavorn said, prompting a l h from her patient at a Family Allergy & Immunology. "You look better than I thought you would." Three years of allergy shots, pills and nasal sprays have helped Mrs. Rohr get rid of her endless sinus infections and misery. Other allergy sufferers... . , For people with nut allergies, everyday foods can be a hazard Book offers advice on coping with nut allergies Each year, allergic Americans die after eating nuts or peanuts, and percent of children with nut and peanut allergies remain allergic for the rest of their life.

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