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Vintage Sunday Times Magazine October 19th 1997
Special Allergy Issue
Few of us seem able to escape allergy – particularly children. Soon, we are told, half the British population will be affected. Asthma costs the economy £100m a year; to die from a small piece of peanut no longer seems absurd. Of course, we try to feel safe by seeking help from doctors, therapists and faith healers. And as we seal ourselves into our centrally heated homes, house dust mites, the carriers of our modern plague, breed unseen in their billions in our beds. Pollution and food contribute to the spread of allergy, anxiety fuels it, and pharmaceutical companies have gone into overdrive to find a cure. Is allergy a disease of affluence, growing in a world in which fewer and fewer diseases are really life-threatening? As science struggles to find the answers, we examine the latest research – and advise on the best treatment
84 pages. All our magazines are first day issues. This issue is in good condition for age
