University of Iowa College of Medicine
Professor of Internal Medicine of Gastroenterology at University of Iowa College of Medicine
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Dave Elliot
FROM Dave Elliot
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When Germs Make You Healthy Despite huge leaps in modern medicine throughout the 20th century, certain ailments have only gotten more common-- About one in five Americans now has some kind of allergy, ranging from seasonal hay fever to life-threatening food sensitivities. Roughly one in 13 has an autoimmune disease-- a disorder in which the immune system tasked with our protection instead attacks our own body -- such as Crohn’s, lupus, and ulcerative colitis. These diseases are twice--possibly three times-- more common in recent decades. Why-- and what’s to be done?
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