1.   At Methodist Hospital, a few employees have complained about latex allergies, said spokeswoman Blythe Palamara.

2.   At present, experts say, people must learn to live with a latex allergy, for there is no way to desensitize a sufferer.

3.   Brady has represented more nurses with latex allergies than any other lawyer in New England.

4.   But great care is taken to track patients with latex allergies and make sure they are operated on in a latex-safe operating room.

5.   Experts also recommend that people who suspect that they have a latex allergy see a doctor and be tested.

6.   He said latex allergies may open the door to a host of medical malpractice cases.

7.   Health experts believe such numerous exposures at a young age to the latex, both in the gloves and the catheters, increases the risk for latex allergies.

8.   Later that night, a latex allergy sent her into anaphylactic shock and she nearly died.

9.   Latex allergies have surfaced in patients who have been exposed to latex through numerous surgeries, tubing and hospitalizations over the years.

10.   So far, laboratory experiments conducted by Williams and by researchers in California have shown that airborne tire particles do react to antibodies taken from people with latex allergies.