Medical Discoveries : The protective effect of childhood infections.

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As an obvious boost to the "hygiene theory" of natural immunisation this article in the British Medical Journal points out how common childhood infections helps in building natural immunity against more serious problems. Please read the article by clicking on the link given below. BMJ. 2001 February 17; 322(7283): 376–377. 2001, BMJ The protective effect of childhood infections The next challenge is to mimic safely this protection against allergy and asthma Sebastian L

Johnston, professor of respiratory medicine Peter J M Openshaw, professor of experimental medicine Department of Respiratory Medicine, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College School of Medicine at St Mary's, Norfolk Place, London W2 IPG http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1119618 "I cherish my right to believe as I wish, and I will defend the right of others to believe differently. We need to learn to live together in peace by focusing on our similarities, not our differences. I'll go to my Church and you go to yours but let's walk along together. " - David M.

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