Japanese doctor wins Ig Nobel award for kissing as allergy relief study

Japanese doctor wins Ig Nobel award for kissing as allergy relief study

A couple kiss during the spoof Ig Nobel medicine prize ceremony at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Sept. 17, 2015. Japanese scientist Hajime Kimata received the prize jointly with three Slovakian scientists for a study that revealed kissing could reduce allergic reactions in humans. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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