Doctors question the benefits of allergy testing by mail. June 10, 2009— -- For allergy sufferers, determining what it is in their environment that causes their unpleasant reactions can be almost ...

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 ...

Suspect that your little one may have a peanut allergy? Well, according to research published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, diagnosing it may become a whole lot easier thanks to ...

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 ...

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, ...

CAMBRIDGE, England--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oncologica, a leading healthcare testing laboratory based in Cambridge UK, has launched a new Allergyfocus test that helps sufferers discover what common global ...

Scientists have developed a new laboratory test to diagnose peanut allergy. The test has 98 percent specificity and, unlike current options, it doesn't run the risk of false-positives or causing ...

Researchers in the U.K. are pursuing a new way to diagnose peanut allergies. A new blood test could potentially transform the way peanut allergies are diagnosed. The test, called the Mast Activation ...

A peanut allergy is no joke. But the current method of testing involves children ingesting small amounts of a host of potential allergens to then wait for a reaction. It’s an imperfect system—in the U ...