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 ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Children were participating in oral food and drug challenges. Ommie led children and caregivers in deep ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

For some, food allergies are an annoying inconvenience. For others, they are a life-threatening condition that requires ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...