All skin tests doctors commonly use to check for food allergies can provide false negative results, the Food and Drug Administration has concluded — meaning people with potentially life-threatening ...

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 ...

Results from some medical tests are easy to interpret. If your throat is swabbed for a streptococcal infection and it comes back positive, you know you have strep throat. At-home pregnancy tests are ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with a reaction of grade 2 or higher were 19.9 times more likely to develop persistent allergy.

Dr. Jones answers the question: 'What Do Skin, RAST Test Results Mean?' — -- Question: What do positive and negative skin or RAST tests mean? Answer: In order to diagnose a child or an adult with ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . AccuTest provides smaller tine lengths and diameters, which improve precision and lessen discomfort. AccuTest ...

– The innovative AccuTest™ features a range of single prick and multi-head skin testing devices and well trays to improve the accuracy of allergy diagnosis and testing – The AccuTest™ allergen well ...

Among 392 oral food challenges (OFCs) performed in 361 participants, 71.9% tolerated sesame reintroduction; success rates for sunflower and mustard were 87.5% and 82.1%, respectively. Skin prick ...

Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. For people who experienced an allergic reaction to their first mRNA COVID-19 vaccine, skin testing ...