Kids who suffer from allergies and get allergy shots may cut their health care costs by up to one third, researchers say. A 10-year study compared the data on 2,770 children with allergic rhinitis who received allergy shots to a control group of 11,000 allergic children who did not receive shots. They found that total health care costs decreased, and prescription costs dropped by 16 percent.
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