Peanut Allergy Blocker, Unreachable Itch, Debt Fear

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🗓️ 10 March 2023

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Today you’ll learn about how a cure for peanut allergies could be on the way to being a reality, how scientists are looking into treatments for an unreachable itch, and how a new study reports that talking about your financial debt makes you more likely to pay it off.

Peanut Allergy Blocker

“Researchers Block Allergic Reactions to Peanuts in Mice” by Sarah Wheelan
- https://www.technologynetworks.com/drug-discovery/news/researchers-block-allergic-reactions-to-peanuts-in-mice-370063
“Peanut allergen inhibition prevents anaphylaxis in a humanized mouse model” by NADA S. ALAKHRAS et al.
- https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/scitranslmed.add6373
“When peanuts are poison” by Julie McDowell
- http://pubsapp.acs.org/subscribe/archive/mdd/v05/i05/html/05health.html#:~:text=About%203%20million%20Americans%E2%80%94children,those%20are%20attributed%20to%20peanuts.
“Racial and Ethnic Data Reported for Peanut Allergy Epidemiology Do Little to Advance Its Cause, Treatment, or Prevention” by Nigel Mark Thomas
- https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2021.685240/full

Unreachable Itch

“Drug Shows Promise Against “Unreachable Itch” Condition” by Molly Campbell
- https://www.technologynetworks.com/drug-discovery/news/drug-shows-promise-against-unreachable-itch-condition-370062
“Phase 2 Trial of Difelikefalin in Notalgia Paresthetica” by Brian S. Kim et al.
- https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2210699?query=featured_home
“New Formulation of FDA-Approved Drug Shows Encouraging Results for Treating a Common Itch Condition” by Mount Sinai
- https://www.mountsinai.org/about/newsroom/2023/new-formulation-of-fda-approved-drug-shows-encouraging-results-for-treating-a-common-itch-condition
“Oral Drug Shows Benefit for Notalgia Paresthetica in Mid-Stage Trial” by Elizabeth Short
- https://www.medpagetoday.com/dermatology/generaldermatology/103021

Debt Fear

“Fear of judgment is keeping consumers indebted – study shows peer groups can help turn that around” by UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO, IVEY BUSINESS SCHOOL
- https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/979755
“EXPRESS: Helping Those That Hide: Anticipated Stigmatization Drives Concealment and a Destructive Cycle of Debt” by Michael Moorhouse et al.
- https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00222437221146521

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0:00.0	Hi, you're about to get smarter in just a few minutes with Curiosity Daily from Discovery.
0:09.0	Time flies when you're learning super cool stuff.
0:11.0	I'm Nate.
0:12.0	And I'm Callie. If you're dropping in for the first time, welcome to
0:14.4	curiosity where we aim to blow your mind by helping you to grow your mind. If you're
0:18.5	a loyal listener, welcome back. Today you'll learn about how a cure for peanut allergies could be on the way to being a reality,
0:25.0	how scientists are looking into treatments for that unreachable itch,
0:29.0	and how a new study reports that talking about your financial debt makes you more likely to pay it off.
0:35.2	Without further ado, let's satisfy some curiosity.
0:38.2	P-unt allergies are kind of a serious deal for some people.
0:42.4	I actually have a friend who if he were to so much as have a single peanut
0:46.1	it could potentially kill him, but there is some new hope because scientists have figured out a way to
0:51.8	block allergic reactions for people with
0:54.0	life-threatening peanut allergies.
0:56.2	Oh man, that's a rough one.
0:57.8	I love peanut butter and a lot of other stuff with peanuts in it, so I'm glad I don't have to deal
1:02.3	with that particular difficulty.
1:04.0	How does this work? What is this new potential allergy cure?
1:09.0	He kind of. First let's kind of discuss what a peanut allergy is or why it's such a big deal
1:16.0	and why a discovery like this is sort of a miracle.
1:20.0	Around 1.1% of the US population are believed to have severe, possibly even fatal allergic reactions caused by peanuts.
1:27.3	And since there are no preventative treatments available, people that are allergic to peanuts are told to kind of fend for themselves with strict dietary
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