Some people with ragweed allergies may have a "cross- reaction" to melons such as watermelon, cantaloupe, or honeydew.Go figure. I'm allergic to cantaloupe, honeydew, cherries, apples, pears AND peaches. The only thing on that list that I'm not allergic to is watermelon which I find too tasteless and messy to be bothered with. So should I whore out some blood for a hundred bucks or what?
Some people with tree pollen allergies might have a "cross- reaction" to fruits like cherries, apples, pears and peaches.
2.20.2008
allergies
Most people know I'm allergic to all sorts of shit and the sunny weather lately has caused me to wake up really congested which means I get to make gigantic snot and tissue wontons every morning. I was just reading my university's daily newspaper and there was an ad for some company that collects plasma from people with various issues, like allergies, so they can use it for research in developing new drugs. I haven't quite thought through the ethics of all this but they give you a hundred bucks for the donation and some sort of screening and it'd be nice to figure out for sure if I'm allergic to bees without doing the allergy test through my school's medical center which I'm sure will cost me money I don't have. Anyways, I was browsing the whopping 2 pages of that company's web site and found something I had read about before. The relationship of certain ragweed and pollen allergies to fruit allergies. They write:
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i am into participating in studies. i think cuz i know how hard it is to find participants. and also because i am a geek and i find it sort of interesting... i would do it.
i am totally into prticipating in studies. i think cuz i know how hard it is to find participants and aalso cuz i'm just a geek and i find it interesting. i guess this is a company rather than an educational endeavor... but... $100! i'd do it.
btw, did you see the conference schedule is up? yay!
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