A food allergy is a serious medical condition where your body's immune system reacts to certain foods like they're invaders. If your child has food allergies, an essential part of keeping them safe is ...

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) - The seasons are getting longer, and pollen is blooming later, leaving many of us sneezing and sniffling later in the year. Whether it’s pollen you’re allergic to, insects or ...

PENNSYLVANIA, USA — Springtime is prime time for allergies, but if you don't know what's triggering them, you can always get a prick test. "So allergy prick testing is a type of allergy skin test that ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Blood tests do not require direct contact with the allergen but take longer than SPTs. SPTs often use allergen ...

A multimillion-pound industry has sprung up promising it can detect sensitivities to certain ingredients with a simple remote finger prick test. But the results can be misleading – and even dangerous ...

Here's how to distinguish between allergies and a cold during spring allergy season.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients are influenced by extreme stories they see on social media. Testing children with atopic dermatitis for ...

I recently underwent skin scratch testing for food allergies. I was shocked that among the positive findings was peanuts. I ...

From probiotics to do-it-yourself IgG test kits, social media is misinforming patients about how to diagnose and manage ...

Rates of patient reactions to direct penicillin challenges are infrequent and comparable to indirect challenges after allergy testing, according to a meta-analysis in JAMA Internal Medicine. In this ...