Peanut Allergies May Be Cured

American Voices

May 8, 2008 | ISSUE 44•19

According to Duke University medical researchers, a cure for peanut allergies may be five years away. What do you think?

Why didn't you tell me that you were going to mention peanuts? My throat is seizing up already! Quick, the epinephrine!

Jimmy Rawls
Steam Fitter
Did you know a peanut isn't really a nut? It's a legume! Did you know that? Huh?

Daniel Mahone
Ice Cream Man
Can they speed that up? I've got a pack of Nutter Butters that expires in 2010.

Deirdre Barksdale
Livery Driver

Smoking Speeds Mental Decline

02.08.12 | ISSUE 48•06

A study published in Archives Of General Psychiatry found that middle-aged men who smoked had diminished cognitive skills, the equivalent of having aged an additional 10 years.
Migrating Whooping Cranes Stall In Alabama

02.07.12 | ISSUE 48•06

Nine whooping cranes that had been following an ultralight aircraft as it guided them on their migratory route stopped when they reached Alabama, 500 miles short of the intended destination.
Florida Millionaire Adopts 42-Year-Old Girlfriend

02.06.12 | ISSUE 48•06

A 48-year-old West Palm Beach millionaire and polo club founder has adopted his 42-year-old girlfriend in an apparent bid to avoid paying out a wrongful death lawsuit.
Should Sugar Be Regulated?

02.03.12 | ISSUE 48•05

In a recent editorial in the journal Nature, researchers from the University of California–San Francisco suggested that as a toxic substance, sugar should be taxed and regulated like alcohol or tobacco.
Burmese Pythons Exterminating Everglades Mammals

02.02.12 | ISSUE 48•05

A study in the journal Proceedings Of The National Academy of Sciences links a drastic decline in raccoons and other mammals in the Florida everglades to the introduction of Burmese pythons.