Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients are influenced by extreme stories they see on social media. Testing children with atopic dermatitis for ...

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 ...

A food allergy is a serious medical condition where your body's immune system reacts to certain foods like they're invaders. If your child has food allergies, an essential part of keeping them safe is ...

Promoting food safety for children with allergies Children with food allergies often face complications when they head off to school. Educating parents and working with them to create action plans for ...

Researchers have developed a scoring tool that predicts whether a child with a suspected food allergy really has one. The tool, known as the Naples Pediatric Food Allergy (NAPFA) score, incorporates ...

There's an enzyme that can tell doctors whether a child might have a severe allergic reaction to certain foods, and a team from Lurie Children's says it is possible to build a test around the genetic ...

Your child's runny nose hasn't let up for weeks, she's sneezing up a storm and she can't seem to stop rubbing her watery, red, itchy eyes. Instead of a cold, your little one could be suffering from ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Changes in sIgE and sIgG4 were examined to determine peanut allergy resolution. Changes in the levels of these ...

The escalating prevalence of children having food allergies has become a cause for growing concern. The surge in allergic reactions among the younger population prompts a vital question: How can ...

Children with milder forms of peanut sensitivity may be able to overcome their allergy by consuming increasing amounts of store-bought peanut butter, a new study suggests. All of the 32 children in ...

A real-world study from UVA Health Children's Hospital has shown that early peanut oral immunotherapy (epOIT) is safe and effective in desensitizing young children to peanuts. 27 children completed ...

Australia, the ‘allergy capital of the world,’ has launched a world-first free nationwide treatment program for children with peanut allergies. The goal is to safely build tolerance to the troublesome ...