Episode Details

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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