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From: wws@ukma.UUCP (Bill Stoll)
Newsgroups: net.med
Subject: Re: Allergies and Cancer
Message-ID: <2334@ukma.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 26-Oct-85 13:37:22 EST
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Posted: Sat Oct 26 13:37:22 1985
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Organization: U of Kentucky, Mathematical Sciences, Lexington KY
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Summary: Allergies and cancer ARE two aspects of the modern Holistic under- standing of immune stress.

In article <949@decwrl.UUCP>, harrington@neptun.DEC writes:
> 
> 	One of the theories about cancer I've heard is that everybody has can-
> car; however, for most people it's not a problem because their immune-system
> takes care of it while the cancers are still just isolated, individual cells.
> When cancer DOES develop, it's because (so says this theory) something has hap-
> pened to impair or weaken the immune-system.
> 
> 	Now, another theory I've heard is that an allergy like hay fever results
> from an overly-sensitive immune-system, one that reacts TOO WELL to "invaders"
> like pollen. Sounds like an immune-system that's stronger than it has to be.
>
No more so than when you "overreact" to someone because you are tired
as compared to how you would have reacted to the same when completely
> but still it sounds like something that SOMEONE might have explored, or might
> want to.
>
I, too would be interested in such a study.  My guess is that it is
like comparing apples and oranges.  They are both fruits but don't
really fit into the same basket in the same way. 
> 	Does anyone know?
> 
> 								----- Shawn H.

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