http://www.articlealley.com en-us editorial@articlealley.com Allergy is a disorder of the immune system often also referred to as atopy. Allergic reactions occur to environmental substances known as allergens; these reactions are acquired, predictable and rapid. Strictly, allergy is one of four forms of hypersensit... http://www.articlealley.com/article_693456_63.html 25th November 2008 According to the hygiene hypothesis, proposed by David P. Strachan, allergic diseases are caused by inappropriate immunological responses to harmless antigens driven by a TH2-mediated immune response. Many bacteria and viruses elicit a TH1-mediated immune... http://www.articlealley.com/article_693455_63.html 25th November 2008 International differences have been associated with the number of individuals within a population that suffer from allergy. Allergic diseases are more common in industrialized countries than in countries that are more traditional or agricultural, and ther... http://www.articlealley.com/article_693453_63.html 25th November 2008 There have been enormous improvements in the medical treatments used to treat allergic conditions. With respect to anaphylaxis and hypersensitivity reactions to foods, drugs, and insects and in allergic skin diseases, advances have included the identifica... http://www.articlealley.com/article_693452_63.html 25th November 2008 Mild allergies like hay fever are highly prevalent in the human population and cause symptoms such as allergic conjunctivitis, itchiness, and runny nose. Allergies can play a major role in conditions such as asthma. In some people, severe allergies to env... http://www.articlealley.com/article_693451_63.html 25th November 2008 Allergy is a disorder of the immune system often also referred to as atopy. Allergic reactions occur to environmental substances known as allergens; these reactions are acquired, predictable and rapid. Strictly, allergy is one of four forms of hypersensit... http://www.articlealley.com/article_693442_17.html 25th November 2008 According to the hygiene hypothesis, proposed by David P. Strachan, allergic diseases are caused by inappropriate immunological responses to harmless antigens driven by a TH2-mediated immune response. Many bacteria and viruses elicit a TH1-mediated immune... http://www.articlealley.com/article_693441_17.html 25th November 2008 International differences have been associated with the number of individuals within a population that suffer from allergy. Allergic diseases are more common in industrialized countries than in countries that are more traditional or agricultural, and ther... http://www.articlealley.com/article_693440_17.html 25th November 2008 There have been enormous improvements in the medical treatments used to treat allergic conditions. With respect to anaphylaxis and hypersensitivity reactions to foods, drugs, and insects and in allergic skin diseases, advances have included the identifica... http://www.articlealley.com/article_693439_17.html 25th November 2008 Mild allergies like hay fever are highly prevalent in the human population and cause symptoms such as allergic conjunctivitis, itchiness, and runny nose. Allergies can play a major role in conditions such as asthma. In some people, severe allergies to env... http://www.articlealley.com/article_693437_17.html 25th November 2008 No single factor can predict whether or not a person will become addicted to drugs. Risk for addiction is influenced by a person’s biology, social environment, and age or stage of development. The more risk factors an individual has, the greater the cha... http://www.articlealley.com/article_675269_24.html 27th October 2008 Addiction awarness and drug control legislation Most countries have legislation which brings various drugs and drug-like substances under the control of licensing systems. Typically this legislation covers any or all of the opiates, amphetamines, canna... http://www.articlealley.com/article_675261_24.html 27th October 2008 Learning all about addiction awarness, the term “addiction” is used in many contexts to describe an obsession, compulsion, or excessive physical dependence or psychological dependence, such as: drug addiction, alcoholism, compulsive overeating, probl... http://www.articlealley.com/article_675256_24.html 27th October 2008 Many people do not understand why individuals become addicted to drugs or how drugs change the brain to foster compulsive drug abuse. They mistakenly view drug abuse and addiction as strictly a social problem and may characterize those who take drugs as m... http://www.articlealley.com/article_675255_24.html 27th October 2008 The development of addiction is thought to involve a simultaneous process of 1) increased focus on and engagement in a particular behavior and 2) the attenuation or “shutting down” of other behaviors. For example, under certain experimental circumstan... http://www.articlealley.com/article_675254_63.html 27th October 2008 Drug abuse is a major public health problem that impacts society on multiple levels. * Drugged Driving: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimates that drugs are used by approximately 10 to 22 percent of drivers involved in crashes, ofte... http://www.articlealley.com/article_675253_63.html 27th October 2008 Many Factors are Involved in Addiction Drug addiction shares many features with other chronic illnesses, including a tendency to run in families (heritability), an onset and course that is influenced by environmental conditions and behavior, and the ab... http://www.articlealley.com/article_675252_63.html 27th October 2008 No single factor can predict whether or not a person will become addicted to drugs. Risk for addiction is influenced by a person’s biology, social environment, and age or stage of development. The more risk factors an individual has, the greater the cha... http://www.articlealley.com/article_675245_17.html 27th October 2008 Addiction awarness and drug control legislation Most countries have legislation which brings various drugs and drug-like substances under the control of licensing systems. Typically this legislation covers any or all of the opiates, amphetamines, canna... http://www.articlealley.com/article_675244_17.html 27th October 2008 Learning all about addiction awarness, the term “addiction” is used in many contexts to describe an obsession, compulsion, or excessive physical dependence or psychological dependence, such as: drug addiction, alcoholism, compulsive overeating, probl... http://www.articlealley.com/article_675243_17.html 27th October 2008 Many people do not understand why individuals become addicted to drugs or how drugs change the brain to foster compulsive drug abuse. They mistakenly view drug abuse and addiction as strictly a social problem and may characterize those who take drugs as m... http://www.articlealley.com/article_675242_17.html 27th October 2008 The development of addiction is thought to involve a simultaneous process of 1) increased focus on and engagement in a particular behavior and 2) the attenuation or “shutting down” of other behaviors. For example, under certain experimental circumstan... http://www.articlealley.com/article_675241_17.html 27th October 2008 Drug abuse is a major public health problem that impacts society on multiple levels. * Drugged Driving: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimates that drugs are used by approximately 10 to 22 percent of drivers involved in crashes, ofte... http://www.articlealley.com/article_675240_17.html 27th October 2008 Many Factors are Involved in Addiction Drug addiction shares many features with other chronic illnesses, including a tendency to run in families (heritability), an onset and course that is influenced by environmental conditions and behavior, and the ab... http://www.articlealley.com/article_675239_17.html 27th October 2008 Nowhere else can people easily download such a vast array of media and games ready to be played on the iPhone for one low price. A smartphone is a mobile phone offering advanced capabilities beyond a typical mobile phone, often with PC-like functionality.... http://www.articlealley.com/article_669731_10.html 21st October 2008 The iPhone is an internet-connected multimedia smartphone designed and marketed by Apple Inc. with a flush multi-touch screen and a minimal hardware interface. Lacking a physical keyboard, a virtual keyboard is rendered on the touch screen. The iPhone... http://www.articlealley.com/article_669730_10.html 21st October 2008 The YouTube application streams videos over Wi-Fi, 2G, or 3G after encoding them using the open H.264 codec, to which YouTube has converted about 10,000 videos. As a result, the YouTube application on iPhone can currently view only a certain selection of ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_669729_10.html 21st October 2008