BOSTON – Patients with a penicillin allergy may be delabeled based on methods that don't require specialist intervention or other more resource-intensive testing, a researcher reported. In a ...

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 ...

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 ...

What is the earliest reasonable age to achieve adequate allergy testing results? Is radioallergosorbent test (RAST) equivalent to skin testing at an early age? For immunoglobulin (Ig) E-mediated ...

Two YNHH physicians have developed an initiative to test and identify pregnant women who report penicillin allergies in order to verify or clear the reported allergy. Yale physicians developed an ...

Katie received her bachelor's degree in registered nursing from Western Governors University. She then also received her master's degree in nursing education from Western Governors University. You can ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Penicillin allergy delabeling is recommended for low-risk pregnant patients. Breastfeeding is not an absolute ...

Medicare Part B may cover some types of allergy tests if a person meets certain criteria. Allergy testing falls under the “clinical diagnostic laboratory tests” category for Medicare. To qualify for ...

If you live with environmental allergies that disrupt your daily life, Curex's immunotherapy treatment may help. Immunotherapy slowly exposes you to small doses of allergens so your body becomes less ...

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Understanding how food allergies function is essential for proper diagnosis and food allergy treatment. Unlike food intolerance, food allergies involve immune system responses that can be immediate or ...