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Article: Home Is Where the Sneeze Is! ACAAI Program Meets Need for Indoor Allergy Education.

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September 24, 2008
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With the fight for allergy prevention increasingly focused on the home, the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI) today launched HOME: Home Allergy Management for Everyone, a new program aimed at managing exposure to indoor allergens (see also The American College of Asthma, Allergy and Immunology).

New survey results show that as many as 62 percent of patients are suffering from allergy symptoms caused by indoor allergens. The ACAAI's program and its online resource, http://www.acaai.org/public/Home/HOME,

focus on five easy-to-follow tips. The HOME program features room-by-room tips on reducing allergens indoors. Patients can also ...

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