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 ...

Although allergies are widespread, their diagnosis is complex and, depending on the type of allergy, the prospects of success with therapy are not always clear. Skin tests so far have been unpleasant, ...

As a toddler, Colton McClure never wanted to eat peanut butter. "He would always push it away," said his mom, Cheri McClure. Then when he was a preschooler, Colton ate one Reese's peanut butter cup ...

Although allergies are widespread, their diagnosis is complex and, depending on the type of allergy, the prospects of success with therapy are not always clear. Skin tests so far have been unpleasant, ...

Researchers have developed a test to simplify the diagnosis of allergies. Its effectiveness has now been confirmed in clinical samples from children and adolescents suffering from a peanut allergy.

Allergies can affect everyone differently, including the symptoms you have and the treatments that work. Mili Shum, MD, an allergist at University of Utah Health, helps patients suffering with asthma ...

A self-test has been developed in the Netherlands to help consumers check whether there are traces of allergens peanut or hazelnut in a product. The number of food allergy cases are on the rise. In ...

If you have allergies, you’re probably familiar with the ways your immune system broadcasts its general lack of chill. Maybe your nose releases a river of snot, your eyes feel maddeningly scratchy, or ...

Medicare Part B covers certain types of allergy testing, such as skin pricks, as part of Original Medicare. Medicare Part C (Medicare Advantage) offers the same coverage. To qualify for coverage, your ...

CAMARILLO, CALIF. – Hygiena has launched an allergen app that harmonizes EnSure Touch, the company’s ATP cleaning and environmental monitoring system, with its line of allergen tests, including ...