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 ...

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 ...

Although allergies are widespread, their diagnosis is complex and, depending on the type of allergy, the prospects of success with therapy are not always clear. Skin tests so far have been unpleasant, ...

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.

Although allergies are widespread, their diagnosis is complex and, depending on the type of allergy, the prospects of success with therapy are not always clear. Skin tests so far have been unpleasant, ...

Researchers have developed a test to simplify the diagnosis of allergies. Its effectiveness has now been confirmed in clinical samples from children and adolescents suffering from a peanut allergy.

A multimillion-pound industry has sprung up promising it can detect sensitivities to certain ingredients with a simple remote finger prick test. But the results can be misleading – and even dangerous ...

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 ...

For those who do not like blood tests (the traditional skin-prick method), the new test also offers an alternative means for medical staff to take a sample for analysis – by swabbing the nose. In ...

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 ...

Researchers at the University of Bern and Bern University Hospital have developed a test to simplify the diagnosis of allergies. Its effectiveness has now been confirmed in clinical samples from ...