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 ...

Atopic dermatitis (AD) is an inflammatory skin condition. It’s a common type of eczema that usually starts early in childhood. Around 30% of kids who have AD may test positive for a food allergy at ...

Q: I’ve been told I may need to have an allergy skin test to determine what I’m allergic to. Are these safe? A: During allergy skin testing, your skin is exposed to suspected allergy-causing ...

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 ...

This allergy test, a sometimes unpleasant childhood right of passage, may be a thing of the past someday. New research shows that a urine test can determine if a person has an allergy to a specific ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Last year, experts suggested in an article published in Clinical Infectious Diseases that pharmacists should ...

Skin allergies are common and often frustrating to diagnose. But new technology could soon help change that. Dr. Alison Bruce, a dermatologist at the Mayo Clinic, is helping to develop an artificial ...

Imagine this: You're at your doctor's office with a sore throat. The nurse asks, "Any allergies?" And without hesitation you reply, "Penicillin." It's something you've said for years – maybe since ...

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 ...