Researchers from the University of Notre Dame have announced a breakthrough approach to allergy treatment that inhibits food allergies, drug allergies, and asthmatic reactions without suppressing a sufferer's entire immunological system.

By Terry Rindfleisch, La Crosse Tribune, Wis. Jul. 25--We don't always take the side effects of medication very seriously.

To: MEDICAL EDITORS Contact: Natalie Lemke, nlemke@aaaai.org, or Amber Johnson, ajohnson@aaaai.org, both of AAAAI, +1-414-272-6071 MILWAUKEE, July 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Although medications are given to help people, nearly all can have side effects.

By LIDIA WASOWICZ Ignorance is anything but bliss A U.S. study shows a dangerous trend among the estimated 12 million Americans with food allergies: ignoring advisory labels that warn of the presence of allergens.

The comprehensive review "Hermetic Dose-Response Relationships in Immunology" by Edward J. Calabrese explores an area of toxicology that is not especially familiar to many: the complicated interactions of the mammalian immune system and xenobiotics.