Increase in allergies is not from being too clean, just losing touch with 'old friends'
Wednesday, October 3, 2012 - 09:02
in Health & Medicine
A new scientific report dismantles the myth that the epidemic rise in allergies in recent years has happened because we're living in sterile homes and overdoing hygiene. But far from saying microbial exposure is not important, the report concludes that losing touch with microbial 'old friends' may be a fundamental factor underlying rises in an even wider array of serious diseases.