Saturday, October 31, 2009
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Traditional, sacred marriage...
1. Why isn't adultery illegal?
2. Why isn't divorce illegal?
3. Why aren't there stricter laws to govern the marriage process? i.e.: Why aren't we keeping stupid young couples from marrying, or trashy celebrities from marrying?
4. Why do we allow abusive people to marry?
5. Why do we allow people to marry for money?
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Monday, October 26, 2009
bored...
HI...just wanted to say hi to everyone...nothing important to say. Just realized I had no news to share and saw that bryan is the only one who posts things.
HI...OK now I'll say talk to you later because goodbye means forever and I'll probably talk to ya'll before forever is over. :)
Can't you tell I'm bored. Yeah well if you can't, I am. Ok now I'm done. Or am I? You all know I can ramble for hours and talk about nothing important but just to talk to hear myself talk even though this is a blog and you can't really hear anything unless you talk to yourself while typing the words as you think of them...which I may add that I am doing as I speak/type. huh, didn't realize I did that lol.
oohh, mike and I just had our 3 year anniversary last Wednesday. 3 years....loooong time. I got diamonds! :) a pair of earings from the local jewlery store. They're pretty.
what else....hmmm....yay for the project house! I'm excited! :)
ok thats it. good day. comment or just call me if you're going to comment b.c it's easier to have a conversation on the phone than to have to check this every so often. :)
HI...OK now I'll say talk to you later because goodbye means forever and I'll probably talk to ya'll before forever is over. :)
Can't you tell I'm bored. Yeah well if you can't, I am. Ok now I'm done. Or am I? You all know I can ramble for hours and talk about nothing important but just to talk to hear myself talk even though this is a blog and you can't really hear anything unless you talk to yourself while typing the words as you think of them...which I may add that I am doing as I speak/type. huh, didn't realize I did that lol.
oohh, mike and I just had our 3 year anniversary last Wednesday. 3 years....loooong time. I got diamonds! :) a pair of earings from the local jewlery store. They're pretty.
what else....hmmm....yay for the project house! I'm excited! :)
ok thats it. good day. comment or just call me if you're going to comment b.c it's easier to have a conversation on the phone than to have to check this every so often. :)
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Angry News #8
Well, not really angry. I'm glad Maine is being so progressive.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/10/25/maine.same.sex/index.html
What makes me angry is this:
"But the leading opposition group, Stand for Marriage Maine, says accepting the legislation would strip the meaning and tradition out of marriage."
What does that even mean? Is this at all a valid argument anymore? I want someone to tell me exactly how two people getting married for love takes meaning and tradition away from the process.
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
How f'ing rude. Angry news #7
http://www.foxnews.com/video/index.html?playerId=011008&streamingFormat=FLASH&referralObject=10871192&referralPlaylistId=playlist
It's sad to see that our society continues to become more and more self-centered. The woman had no right to call the cops. All she had to do was look away.
Thursday, October 15, 2009
My orders to Seattle were canceled.
I am red. I am furious. I enjoy being a Marine. I love it. I am doing all I can to serve honorably in every capacity the Corps needs. I am a servant of the American people and don't deserve this.
I am so sick of this shit and here's the major reason why. Jordan already asked for orders to the I&I staff at Ft. Lewis, south of Tacoma. He did this because I was promised orders to Seattle and we want to be stationed near each other so we can be together. He now has to ask for new orders...and he can't tell them the reason why.
This is ridiculous! ridiculous that he can't just say, or I can't just say, that we want to be stationed with our husband. It should be that simple:
"I am in love with Cpl. Bryan Eberly (Sgt. Jordan Robles) and wish to marry him. We would like to be stationed together so we can spend our lives together and start a family."
HOW IS THISFAIR? Does the Little Guy deserve this? Why can't I live my life like any other Marine? like any other American?
I need to calm down, but I am reaching a boiling point. I can't keep living my life this way. I can't keep traveling down roads that end in brick walls. I am totally prepared to do something drastic.
That is all. The Little Guy is pissed off beyond relief.
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Angry News #5? #6? I dunno
So...the angry news for today is the fact that there is no news. The giant million-fairy march on the Mall in D.C. was almost completely ignored by the media. Wow. That was mean. Call my own people fairies? Sheesh.
Anyway, this was a rally to show the president, congress and the rest of the jerks in this country who continue to push us aside and ignore our rights that we are sick of it. SICK.
But no. No coverage. No week-long lead up. No media immersion in the crowds at the protests.
Maybe if we called it a tea party and wrote hateful signs directed toward the president, and spewed off baseless base and rediculous conservative rhetoric about taxes, we would have been heard.
Damn it. I am seriously angry. I broke the stiletto on my heel driving into the kitchen tile with my fury.
...that last bit was a joke.
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Why Bryan didn't become a singer...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCRev-h8yq0
this would so happen to me
Monday, October 12, 2009
Nursing program not accredited
By MICHELLE REITER
STAFF WRITER
Nursing students at Owens Community College may find themselves graduating from a school that is not nationally accredited.
Owens' associate degree registered nursing program was denied its continuing accreditation this year from the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission's board of commissioners.
How this will affect nursing students depends on the students' future plans, but it could make it harder to get out-of-state jobs or transfer to four-year colleges, said Dr. Sharon Tanner, the executive director and CEO of the accrediting agency, based in Atlanta. (NLNAC)
"There could be graduates in the meantime who would not graduate from an accredited program," Tanner said. "That is why we give two full years to (come into compliance). Because accreditation is so very important." (Owens had 2 years to fix this and didnt!!!!)
Dr. Matthew McIntosh, a dean of Owens' school of health and sciences, said the school remains accredited in Ohio and students should be able to transfer their credits to area universities. (We can take our boards, the NCLEX-RN tests, but to work out of state, we need to pay a fee and take an exam to get a provisional license to work there.)
"If you wanted to put icing on a cake, you would get this accreditation," he said Thursday. "It's not essential. It just makes it easier for the students." (Then why did you, Dr. McIntosh, wait until it was taken away to do anything about it? Why did you not work on getting the conditions figured out when the school was on 'probation' so that the program would be accredited and no one would have had to worry about it? McIntosh, Unger, Hall, Scott, Williams, all let this slip through their fingers when Dr. Unger should have taken responsibility and told the others "hey, this is the issue, Dr. A--you need to do this, Dr. B--you need to do this, etc. and get back to me asap. But apparently that is too difficult for a man who ONLY makes $200,000 year.)
He said students can still take licensing exams and graduate from a state-accredited college. (unfortunately, those students need to remain RN's who don't want to move on to get their Bachelors, and who want to live in Ohio where there are no jobs opening up. Good advice for those people, what about those who want to get their BSN and plan on moving to an area of higher demand for nurses who have to fight 2354356 other people for the same postition??)
National accreditation is not required in Ohio, as it is in some states, but graduating from an accredited school is a plus for nursing students. (yes, the school is accredited, but the program is not. Meaning, we can graduate from this school and do what we wish but when employers look at our resume, they will see that the program is not accredited by the NLNAC. They say that its a voluntary accreditaion and that we don't need it but just 2 paragraphs before, McIntosh says that its better to have it. HYPOCRITICAL S.O.B!! I'm sorry but I don't know anyone who will settle for less in this day and age. I don't know anyone who is fine with the fact that they can get their Associates in Nusing and then not get employed because they didn't get an education from an accredited program)
Tanner said not all nursing programs in Ohio are nationally accredited, but it is encouraged. Because it is not required, she said lack of accreditation is not as big an issue in Ohio. (not a big issue in Ohio. but what about those other 49 states?! what about all the schools that require transfer students to be from an accredited school with an accredited program!? BG, Lordes, UT, Mercy, Rhodes, Findlay, do not except students with out this specific accreditation. greeeeaaat!)
"Being accredited is something of great value to the students," Tanner said Thursday. "It's unusual for a program to be denied because of noncompliance."
Tanner said Owens was approved for accreditation "with conditions" two years ago.
This year, the college was required to submit a report detailing the changes they made in order to continue to receive accreditation. However, the accrediting board found the college in noncompliance with several of the agency's standards.
According to a letter written July 27 to Owens by the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission Inc., all of the nursing school faculty members do not hold a degree with a major in nursing, and only six of 77 part-time faculty members hold a graduate degree with a major in nursing.
The letter also stated that the nursing program is not compliant with several of the agency's educational effectiveness standards. Specifically, the program lacked evidence of "specific and measurable expected levels of achievement," along with a lack of evidence of job placement rates, among others.
McIntosh did not want to discuss the specific standards with which the school was found in noncompliance, but said they had nothing to do with the program's curriculum content or with the performance of the faculty. (sure, the teachers are teaching us but since they don't have degrees or atleast a BSN and are being paid, any of us could walk in and teach the classes...)
He said Owens faculty is now fielding questions from students and doing everything they can to regain the national accreditation. (its a "process" that they have to go through. A long "process". Thats all he kept saying to us whether our questions had anything to do with the "process" or not. no new information was taken from the meeting. Shame on them for not being ready. We all were, why weren't they?)
Ranay Scott, the college's vice provost of academic affairs, said Owens has been calling several universities that normally take Owens' nursing students to complete their four-year degrees and, so far, all of them have agreed to continue to take Owens' students. (FALSE!! she even said today that they do and the whole conference room SCREAMED at her and called her a liar. We all made our own calls and wrote our own emails and BG, Mercy, Rhodes, Lordes, UT do not accept. They are trying to grandfather students in but we won't get the documentation of it for some time since they haven't even started talking to those schools until it was mentioned at our meeting today.)
However, she said the college does not know how long it will take to regain their national accreditation. (its a long process....grrr.)
Tanner said to regain accreditation, the college will have to "start from scratch." (They could have fixed the conditions when they were given the documents 2 years ago. They would not have to start from scratch, but only fight an appeal. Since they didn't take it seriously, its going to take them longer to regain it...)
That means, in part, applying for candidacy and making sure that the college meets national standards. Tanner said how long it will take Owens to regain its national accreditation is up to the college. (process....)
Student reaction
The pressure on the Owens' administration has been mounting, however, as word that the program is not nationally accredited has leaked to the students.
The college will hold two public meetings, one today at noon at Owens' Perrysburg campus, and one at 9 a.m. Monday at the Findlay campus in Room 111.
"Everybody has been trying to meet with advisors to see if they need to transfer to a different school," said Lubna Bazzy, an Owens student. "But they can't make appointments. They're all booked."
She said four students(I was apart of that!! he he) banded together and demanded the college provide information about what losing accreditation will mean for them.
McIntosh and other college representatives will speak at today's and Monday's forums.
Bazzy is a pre-dental hygiene student in Findlay who is not sure whether the accreditation loss will affect her. She said if Owens' nursing program did not continue, it would be a great loss for Findlay because of what all the people the nursing program bring to the area.
Scott said the college is doing everything it can to reinstate its accreditation.
"We deeply value and respect the (National League for Nursing Accrediting)," she said. "And we are aggressively trying to get (the accreditation) back."
Reiter: 419-427-8497,
Send an e-mail to Michelle Reiter
We had a student body open forum with the the chairs and vice chairs of the program and department along with the big guy in charge and none of our questions were answered. There were sooo many people asking what it means that this accreditation is gone and why everyone keeps calling it voluntary and the staff could not even answer them. I understand if they could not answer the financial questions about refunds and what not because they don't have that control but seriously. If the Toledo's meeting went so bad, then why didn't they take the weekend to prepare for Findlay's meeting? Why wouldn't they bring the schools attorney with them or the schools financial officer or president of the student account to answer the questions concerning refunds or tuition, etc?
Did they not think that they were going to be verbally attacked at Findlay? There is a guy that was speaking who does have anger management issues and blood pressure issues and while he was asking questions and he would have to stop and take a few breaths or else he would have gone crazy.
Supposedly, 500 letters went out to all nursing major students and with the 150 people at the forum, not one person received it.
I'm just rambling now because I'm so irate about the issue so comment if you would like. Just keep your ears and eyes open to the news or newspaper web sites. We're planning on another meeting but we're going to have some documentation first. We asked for all public records from the NLNAC and the school. Just from the NLNAC we have them caught in 3 big lies that they kept giving at the meeting. The article I pasted on here is full of lies. Why can't people be straight forward anymore? Why does everyone have to beat around the bush? Is it too offensive to tell someone how it is? Is it that wrong to correct the path of a ship to avoid an iceburg?! I want real answers or insight or advice.
STAFF WRITER
Nursing students at Owens Community College may find themselves graduating from a school that is not nationally accredited.
Owens' associate degree registered nursing program was denied its continuing accreditation this year from the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission's board of commissioners.
How this will affect nursing students depends on the students' future plans, but it could make it harder to get out-of-state jobs or transfer to four-year colleges, said Dr. Sharon Tanner, the executive director and CEO of the accrediting agency, based in Atlanta. (NLNAC)
"There could be graduates in the meantime who would not graduate from an accredited program," Tanner said. "That is why we give two full years to (come into compliance). Because accreditation is so very important." (Owens had 2 years to fix this and didnt!!!!)
Dr. Matthew McIntosh, a dean of Owens' school of health and sciences, said the school remains accredited in Ohio and students should be able to transfer their credits to area universities. (We can take our boards, the NCLEX-RN tests, but to work out of state, we need to pay a fee and take an exam to get a provisional license to work there.)
"If you wanted to put icing on a cake, you would get this accreditation," he said Thursday. "It's not essential. It just makes it easier for the students." (Then why did you, Dr. McIntosh, wait until it was taken away to do anything about it? Why did you not work on getting the conditions figured out when the school was on 'probation' so that the program would be accredited and no one would have had to worry about it? McIntosh, Unger, Hall, Scott, Williams, all let this slip through their fingers when Dr. Unger should have taken responsibility and told the others "hey, this is the issue, Dr. A--you need to do this, Dr. B--you need to do this, etc. and get back to me asap. But apparently that is too difficult for a man who ONLY makes $200,000 year.)
He said students can still take licensing exams and graduate from a state-accredited college. (unfortunately, those students need to remain RN's who don't want to move on to get their Bachelors, and who want to live in Ohio where there are no jobs opening up. Good advice for those people, what about those who want to get their BSN and plan on moving to an area of higher demand for nurses who have to fight 2354356 other people for the same postition??)
National accreditation is not required in Ohio, as it is in some states, but graduating from an accredited school is a plus for nursing students. (yes, the school is accredited, but the program is not. Meaning, we can graduate from this school and do what we wish but when employers look at our resume, they will see that the program is not accredited by the NLNAC. They say that its a voluntary accreditaion and that we don't need it but just 2 paragraphs before, McIntosh says that its better to have it. HYPOCRITICAL S.O.B!! I'm sorry but I don't know anyone who will settle for less in this day and age. I don't know anyone who is fine with the fact that they can get their Associates in Nusing and then not get employed because they didn't get an education from an accredited program)
Tanner said not all nursing programs in Ohio are nationally accredited, but it is encouraged. Because it is not required, she said lack of accreditation is not as big an issue in Ohio. (not a big issue in Ohio. but what about those other 49 states?! what about all the schools that require transfer students to be from an accredited school with an accredited program!? BG, Lordes, UT, Mercy, Rhodes, Findlay, do not except students with out this specific accreditation. greeeeaaat!)
"Being accredited is something of great value to the students," Tanner said Thursday. "It's unusual for a program to be denied because of noncompliance."
Tanner said Owens was approved for accreditation "with conditions" two years ago.
This year, the college was required to submit a report detailing the changes they made in order to continue to receive accreditation. However, the accrediting board found the college in noncompliance with several of the agency's standards.
According to a letter written July 27 to Owens by the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission Inc., all of the nursing school faculty members do not hold a degree with a major in nursing, and only six of 77 part-time faculty members hold a graduate degree with a major in nursing.
The letter also stated that the nursing program is not compliant with several of the agency's educational effectiveness standards. Specifically, the program lacked evidence of "specific and measurable expected levels of achievement," along with a lack of evidence of job placement rates, among others.
McIntosh did not want to discuss the specific standards with which the school was found in noncompliance, but said they had nothing to do with the program's curriculum content or with the performance of the faculty. (sure, the teachers are teaching us but since they don't have degrees or atleast a BSN and are being paid, any of us could walk in and teach the classes...)
He said Owens faculty is now fielding questions from students and doing everything they can to regain the national accreditation. (its a "process" that they have to go through. A long "process". Thats all he kept saying to us whether our questions had anything to do with the "process" or not. no new information was taken from the meeting. Shame on them for not being ready. We all were, why weren't they?)
Ranay Scott, the college's vice provost of academic affairs, said Owens has been calling several universities that normally take Owens' nursing students to complete their four-year degrees and, so far, all of them have agreed to continue to take Owens' students. (FALSE!! she even said today that they do and the whole conference room SCREAMED at her and called her a liar. We all made our own calls and wrote our own emails and BG, Mercy, Rhodes, Lordes, UT do not accept. They are trying to grandfather students in but we won't get the documentation of it for some time since they haven't even started talking to those schools until it was mentioned at our meeting today.)
However, she said the college does not know how long it will take to regain their national accreditation. (its a long process....grrr.)
Tanner said to regain accreditation, the college will have to "start from scratch." (They could have fixed the conditions when they were given the documents 2 years ago. They would not have to start from scratch, but only fight an appeal. Since they didn't take it seriously, its going to take them longer to regain it...)
That means, in part, applying for candidacy and making sure that the college meets national standards. Tanner said how long it will take Owens to regain its national accreditation is up to the college. (process....)
Student reaction
The pressure on the Owens' administration has been mounting, however, as word that the program is not nationally accredited has leaked to the students.
The college will hold two public meetings, one today at noon at Owens' Perrysburg campus, and one at 9 a.m. Monday at the Findlay campus in Room 111.
"Everybody has been trying to meet with advisors to see if they need to transfer to a different school," said Lubna Bazzy, an Owens student. "But they can't make appointments. They're all booked."
She said four students(I was apart of that!! he he) banded together and demanded the college provide information about what losing accreditation will mean for them.
McIntosh and other college representatives will speak at today's and Monday's forums.
Bazzy is a pre-dental hygiene student in Findlay who is not sure whether the accreditation loss will affect her. She said if Owens' nursing program did not continue, it would be a great loss for Findlay because of what all the people the nursing program bring to the area.
Scott said the college is doing everything it can to reinstate its accreditation.
"We deeply value and respect the (National League for Nursing Accrediting)," she said. "And we are aggressively trying to get (the accreditation) back."
Reiter: 419-427-8497,
Send an e-mail to Michelle Reiter
We had a student body open forum with the the chairs and vice chairs of the program and department along with the big guy in charge and none of our questions were answered. There were sooo many people asking what it means that this accreditation is gone and why everyone keeps calling it voluntary and the staff could not even answer them. I understand if they could not answer the financial questions about refunds and what not because they don't have that control but seriously. If the Toledo's meeting went so bad, then why didn't they take the weekend to prepare for Findlay's meeting? Why wouldn't they bring the schools attorney with them or the schools financial officer or president of the student account to answer the questions concerning refunds or tuition, etc?
Did they not think that they were going to be verbally attacked at Findlay? There is a guy that was speaking who does have anger management issues and blood pressure issues and while he was asking questions and he would have to stop and take a few breaths or else he would have gone crazy.
Supposedly, 500 letters went out to all nursing major students and with the 150 people at the forum, not one person received it.
I'm just rambling now because I'm so irate about the issue so comment if you would like. Just keep your ears and eyes open to the news or newspaper web sites. We're planning on another meeting but we're going to have some documentation first. We asked for all public records from the NLNAC and the school. Just from the NLNAC we have them caught in 3 big lies that they kept giving at the meeting. The article I pasted on here is full of lies. Why can't people be straight forward anymore? Why does everyone have to beat around the bush? Is it too offensive to tell someone how it is? Is it that wrong to correct the path of a ship to avoid an iceburg?! I want real answers or insight or advice.
Friday, October 9, 2009
Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize?
For initiating a new diplomatic policy towards international cooperation.
Wierd.
Wierd.
Thursday, October 8, 2009
The week after Eric was born
http://www.mrpopculture.com/files/html/oct08-1984/
enjoy this info...i do remember a BIG baseball semi final playoff game on TV the night mom went into labor with you. Dad was like, "now? we need to leave now?". The team he was going for didn't make the world series playoffs i think. they started losing after they left for the hospital.
thank you for being born and being an awesome brother. You're an amazing man - and have so much potential. can't wait to see what adventures you have waiting for you.
have a happy birthday! I love you so much buddy!
enjoy this info...i do remember a BIG baseball semi final playoff game on TV the night mom went into labor with you. Dad was like, "now? we need to leave now?". The team he was going for didn't make the world series playoffs i think. they started losing after they left for the hospital.
thank you for being born and being an awesome brother. You're an amazing man - and have so much potential. can't wait to see what adventures you have waiting for you.
have a happy birthday! I love you so much buddy!
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Chocolate Mayo!
Ingredients
1 egg white
2 oz chocolate
2 tsp of water per T of chocolate
Preparation
Step 1: Melt the chocolate and thin with the water.
Step 2: Whip the egg white and slowly drizzle the melted chocolate in and continue to whip for 5-10 minutes, stopping when the egg, chocolate, water mixture become a light cream.
Cook’s Note: If you cook this mixture in the microwave for 60 seconds on high, it will become a flourless, chocolate cake!Monday, October 5, 2009
Obama done ticked me off son
So...I guess I'm officially pissed at the White House. Change is coming...my ass. Same old pass over, push off, priority listing bullcrap.
A gay president in 2068!
Sunday, October 4, 2009
Mercy College
So in addition to talking to my advisior tomorrow, I am 80% possitive that I will complete and send in my transfer transcript and my application to Mercy College. Owens lost their NLNAC accredidation and therefore I cannot take my boards from Owens so there will be no point in continuing clinicals at Owens since those clinical hours don't transfer.
I just wanted to post this and get some feed back from you all. I will finish this semester up and spring at Owens and then hopefully save enough money to actually be able to attend Mercy since it is 3x more expense than Owens for one semester...yikes.
I am choosing Mercy because they do have a really strong program and I think I will benefit from it. I just have to stay ontop of my studies which won't be too hard. BGSU has a program but I have heard nothing but bad about it and all the classes and clinic lab hours are completed at MCO, so since I will be in Toledo anyways, Mercy seems better. Plus its connected to the hospital so I am pretty sure the clinicals are done right there in that hospital instead of having to be sent to a random one in the area (like owens has set up...)
I'll post more about what I find out from my advisior and his boss when I get a chance. I felt like this was a big deal and thought I would inform you all about it..
I just wanted to post this and get some feed back from you all. I will finish this semester up and spring at Owens and then hopefully save enough money to actually be able to attend Mercy since it is 3x more expense than Owens for one semester...yikes.
I am choosing Mercy because they do have a really strong program and I think I will benefit from it. I just have to stay ontop of my studies which won't be too hard. BGSU has a program but I have heard nothing but bad about it and all the classes and clinic lab hours are completed at MCO, so since I will be in Toledo anyways, Mercy seems better. Plus its connected to the hospital so I am pretty sure the clinicals are done right there in that hospital instead of having to be sent to a random one in the area (like owens has set up...)
I'll post more about what I find out from my advisior and his boss when I get a chance. I felt like this was a big deal and thought I would inform you all about it..
Friday, October 2, 2009
Angry...commercial #1
Wow...I just saw the...ok, not going to judge. I just saw a commercial which made me whince.
"Washington, if you tax juice and soda, you're making it harder for me to feed my family."
YOU AND YOU'RE FAMILY ARE NOT DEPENDENT UPON SODA OR JUICE!
1. Soda is bad for you. If you don't want to pay the tax, don't buy it.
2. Packaged juice is bad for you. Buy fruit and make your own.
I'm sorry your fat kids and yourself need excess sugar to live. It sucks that the government is trying to snipe you.
AUGH!
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Gut Worms May Protect Against Allergies
Here you go nate, try the hookworm instead of Claritin!
"
British and Vietnamese scientists say they’ve discovered parasitic gut worms, such as hookworms, might help prevent and treat asthma and other allergies.
Researchers led by Dr. Carsten Flohr of the University of Nottingham, and Dr. Luc Nguyen Tuyen of the Khanh Hoa Provincial Health Service in central Vietnam said their study is the largest double-blind, placebo controlled clinical trial to date looking at potential links between hookworm and other gut worm infections and allergic conditions such as asthma and eczema.
The research was conducted in a rural area of central Vietnam where two of every three children have hookworm and other gut parasite infections and where allergies are extremely rare. More than 1,500 schoolchildren ages 6-17 took part in the clinical trial.
The team investigated whether repeated tablet treatments to clear the body of gut worms made it more likely for children to develop allergic conditions. While the treatment did not demonstrate an effect on asthma or eczema, the treated children had a significantly increased risk of having a positive allergy skin test to house-dust mites and cockroaches.
That, the scientists said, suggests gut worms have the potential to tone down human immune responses.
“The next step is to understand exactly how and when gut parasites program the human immune system in a way that protects against allergic sensitization, and for such studies, follow-up from birth will be essential,” Flohr said."
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