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 ...

We provide several options for allergy testing at our Texas clinic. These include skin testing (prick and intradermal tests) and blood testing. While bloods tests work well, we generally recommend ...

Because false positives and false negatives are common, it's recommended that children only undergo allergy tests when absolutely needed. A clinical report in the journal Pediatrics warns against ...

An advisory from two leading allergists urges clinicians to use caution when ordering allergy tests and to avoid making a diagnosis based solely on test results. An advisory from two leading ...

New research finds that some kids may be over-treated for allergies. According to researchers at Stanford, five to 12 percent of kids test positive for allergies to milk, shrimp, peanuts or eggs, but ...

A lot of people think they have food allergies, but they're likely wrong. That's partly because it's easy to confuse common food-related problems like lactose intolerance or celiac disease with an ...

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 ...

An English professor in California got an allergy test. Then came the bill. This is a Kaiser Health News story. Janet Winston had a rash that wouldn’t go away. The English professor from Eureka, Calif ...

Credit: Shutterstock. Penicillin allergy is the most frequent form of drug allergy. ATLANTA, GA—Penicillin allergy testing should be undertaken as part of preoperative evaluation for patients ...