Allergies are on the rise in industrialized nations because improved hygiene has eliminated the microbes...

Advances in prenatal care for expectant mothers have contributed to the reduction in the infant mortality rate.

The rise in allergies has been accompanied by the development of effective treatments for the symptoms of those allergies.

Increases In allergy seventy probably will not raise overall death rates unacceptably before therapies to prevent allergies become available.

A family history of allergies does not elevate the risk that a child will develop allergies to food and other allergens.

The prevalence of allergies will not continue to increase while substitutes for the beneficial microbes needed to prevent allergies are stiff being sought