For years, scientists have known that growing up on a farm protects children from asthma, but the reasons for this weren’t entirely clear. A fascinating comparative analysis of Amish and Hutterite ...

There are rarely traffic jams in the small Adams County farming town of Ritzville, but there was one last week as people turned out in droves for 20 tons of free potatoes. At times, the line of cars ...

In the Aug. 4 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, the researchers showed that substances in the house dust from Amish, but not Hutterite, homes were able to engage and shape the innate ...

In addition to genetic factors, environmental exposures can influence the development of asthma and allergic disease, as exemplified by epidemiological data showing protection from these diseases in ...

In the Aug. 4, 2016, issue of The New England Journal of Medicine, the researchers showed that substances in the house dust from Amish, but not Hutterite, homes were able to engage and shape the ...

MARTINSDALE - In his black coat and hat, perched nearly 80 feet in the air atop a wind turbine, Peter Wipf cuts an intriguing figure. To the north of him, a string of matching towers - 11 of them ...

In trying to explain America’s rising rates of allergies and asthma, one of the common theories is that we’re just too clean. And that theory just got a boost by scientists studying traditional ...

Although some of these theories are debatable, [3] the inverse correlation between farm animal exposure and atopy has been one of the more intriguing observations. However, the mechanism of and the ...

Chef Ben Jones is planning an unusual spring break for next year. He’s staying close to his Montana home—but instead of taking his family to hot springs or ski slopes, he’ll be driving them up to the ...