A nasal allergy test showed strong diagnostic performance, with sensitivity exceeding 75% and specificity approaching 90% for detecting allergens sensitized in patients with allergic rhinitis.

What is allergy patch testing? Allergy patch testing screens substances to determine the cause of an allergic skin reaction. Patches with different suspected irritants (allergens) are applied to a ...

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 ...

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 ...

She was but a prick away from death. Ploy Ling, 23, thought she was going to die after she had a severe allergic reaction to an allergy test. “I had a moment where I thought I was going to die because ...

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 ...

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 ...

An allergic reaction to penicillin is the most commonly reported medication allergy. That leaves doctors with fewer drug options and makes it more difficult to combat antibiotic resistant bacteria. An ...

Joey King has allergies — and lots of them! On Friday, May 10, the Kissing Booth alum, 24, shared a social media photo of an allergy test that she had done. Her entire back was covered in markings ...

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 ...

“Great. So basically…everything?” Dax Shepard asked in a comment under her photo Michael Kovac/Getty; Joey King/Instagram Joey King has allergies — and lots of them! On Friday, May 10, the Kissing ...