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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Skin prick, blood tests not as reliable as food for testing allergic reactions. December 26, 2011 — -- A simple skin-prick or blood test has confirmed many people's suspicions that they have ...

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 ...

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 ...

CHICAGO — Hundreds of people sought allergy treatment believing they were getting free tests in a scheme that cost insurance companies more than $1.5 million and put patients’ health at risk, federal ...