This allergy test, a sometimes unpleasant childhood right of passage, may be a thing of the past someday. New research shows that a urine test can determine if a person has an allergy to a specific ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . All participants showed no false-negative results when tested 2 weeks after anaphylactic reaction to food ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Last year, experts suggested in an article published in Clinical Infectious Diseases that pharmacists should ...

While penicillin allergy testing is an emerging topic for 2017, healthcare providers are finding that new—and unexpected—patient populations do not understand the importance of penicillin allergy ...

Skin allergies are common and often frustrating to diagnose. But new technology could soon help change that. Dr. Alison Bruce, a dermatologist at the Mayo Clinic, is helping to develop an artificial ...

What is the skin testing protocol for a patient who reports having had an allergic reaction to penicillin a long time ago? Is there any indication for skin testing before a penicillin injection in the ...

Allergy and intolerance test kits can cost hundreds of pounds – but they might not provide the answers you're hoping for ...

The pharmacy department asked a board-certified allergist if he would train selected pharmacists in using the penicillin skin test and serve as the program's medical director. He agreed to do so and ...

Imagine this: You're at your doctor's office with a sore throat. The nurse asks, "Any allergies?" And without hesitation you reply, "Penicillin." It's something you've said for years – maybe since ...