Hay fever perils and ragweed’s reach explained
The article details ragweed’s vast pollen production in the U S, its link to hay fever, and how allergies arise from infancy to childhood. Dr Heinz Wittig notes environment and genetics, with regional ragweed patterns and a pollen sampling device on a medical center roof measuring daily air pollen.
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Hay fever treated with shots. allergy care broadened
A yearly chart tracks troublemakers with pollen from ragweed grasses trees and mold spores. Hay fever peak is July to August and many sufferers risk asthma. about 5 000 deaths yearly and 99 million work days lost. Skin tests guide pills or shots and regular shots build tolerance over years. 70 percent improve in four to five years.
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Pedestal for Monument Concept by Major L'Enfant
The article notes Major L'Enfant, a French engineer and American Revolution veteran, who planned Washington D C and chose a site on the west end of Jenkins Heights as a pedestal awaiting a monument for the Capitol according to Encyclopaedia Britannica.
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Moon Bullseye Formations Spotted on Far Side
Soviet and American teams unveiled moon maps at the International Astronomical Union meeting in Prague showing giant bullseye structures on the far side. One 300 miles wide may lie on Mare Orientale. researchers discuss naming as Korolev and Kibalchich.
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Kibalchich
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Charles University
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Smokine Health Consensus Reached At New York Conference
Delegates at a world conference on smoking and health in New York reached a consensus on the growing evidence linking cigarette smoking to diseases such as lung cancer heart disease and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. They urged continued research and additional measures to reduce smoking while noting known health findings from the Public Health Service report surveying over two thousand studies.
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New York
U.S. Public Health Service
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