SOUTH BEND, Ind. (WSBT) — According to the CDC, approximately 80% of patients with a penicillin allergy lose their sensitivity after 10 years. A simple skin test can be done to see if you have this ...

If you live with environmental allergies that disrupt your daily life, Curex's immunotherapy treatment may help. Immunotherapy slowly exposes you to small doses of allergens so your body becomes less ...

In children with a history of allergy, outcomes of oral food challenges are tied to atopic comorbidities and positive allergy tests, but magnitude of test results does not predict reaction severity.

Researchers at the University of Bern and Bern University Hospital have developed a test to simplify the diagnosis of allergies. Its effectiveness has now been confirmed in clinical samples from ...

All skin tests doctors commonly use to check for food allergies can provide false negative results, the Food and Drug Administration has concluded — meaning people with potentially life-threatening ...

Dear Doctor K: I've always loved shellfish. But lately when I eat it, I break out in hives. Could I be allergic? Dear Reader: You sure could be. Such an allergy could cause more symptoms than just a ...

An allergy involves a mild to life threatening immune response to an external substance. A sensitivity, on the other hand, is typically a milder reaction associated with difficulty digesting food. An ...

New blood-based metabolomics test predicts asthma attacks up to five years ahead, helping identify high-risk patients before ...

Food allergies are a major health problem worldwide. In some countries, up to 10% of the population is affected, mainly young children. Peanut allergy, in particular, is one of the most common ...