A blood test measuring levels of basophil activation markers identifies sesame seed allergy more accurately than skin prick ...

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 ...

Last week’s article presented over-the-counter medications for the symptoms of hay fever (allergic rhinitis). Several readers ...

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 ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The FDA recalled lots of peanut allergen extracts after higher rates of false-negative tests. One lot had a ...

What Is a Sesame Allergy? A sesame allergy is a food allergy to sesame seeds or sesame oil, which come from the sesame plant. When you have this allergy, your immune system reacts to sesame as though ...

FPK Services announces online bloodwork tests for allergies and wellness panels through HealthLabs.com, offering direct- ...

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 ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Many children who test positive for sensitivity to peanuts may not actually have full-blown allergies to the food, a new study suggests. UK researchers found that among 79 ...