If you live with mild to moderate environmental allergies, you may be able to treat them with immunotherapy — and you can ...

Allergy shots, or immunotherapy, can be effective at relieving allergy symptoms over many years. Here's how to know if ...

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 ...

According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), respiratory and food allergies have increased significantly over ...

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.

March 23, 2005 (San Antonio) — A new latex allergy test based on microarray technology can help physicians identify the various latex allergens to which patients react, and they can therefore discern ...

A self-test has been developed in the Netherlands to help consumers check whether there are traces of allergens peanut or hazelnut in a product. The number of food allergy cases are on the rise. In ...

Using the Allergy Chip co-developed by MedUni Vienna, sensitization to allergens can be detected early on. This normally requires a doctor taking a blood sample for subsequent analysis in a laboratory ...

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 ...

Allergen-specific immunotherapy can considerably improve everyday life for allergy sufferers. It is unclear, however, what exactly happens during this treatment. A team investigated the processes ...