Once leaves start to fall, many allergy sufferers think they’re in the clear. But damp leaf piles and yard debris can harbor ...

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 ...

Results from some medical tests are easy to interpret. If your throat is swabbed for a streptococcal infection and it comes back positive, you know you have strep throat. At-home pregnancy tests are ...

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 ...

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 ...

If you've ever looked at an allergy report and felt like it's written in code, you're not alone. A few years ago, I found myself staring at a stack of papers from a diagnostic lab. My sinuses had been ...

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 ...

Sesame was successfully reintroduced into the diet in nearly three quarters of patients, and skin prick testing emerged as a ...