Recent studies have shown that many of us who think we have peanut allergies actually do not: we may be sensitive or intolerant of them, but not technically allergic. At issue is the precision of the standard allergy tests. It turns out that the tests tend to produce too many ...

It turns out that diagnosis of food allergies based on blood or skin tests alone may be wrong, according to experts. The gold standard of blood tests - the IgE antibody test - measures for the presence of IgE to a particular food. But it's possible that you could have ...

NOTTINGHAM – Good news for allergic people contemplating uncomfortable allergy testing: a new technique has been developed in the UK that can test for up to 5,000 allergens in just one drop of blood. This new technology could become an alternative to the current testing methods, depending on ongoing ...

Allergy testing is equal parts detective work and lab science. In some cases, a clear determination of your allergens is possible through your own observations of when symptoms occur. However, if treatment is to be effective, you must know your allergens accurately. Otherwise, a treatment approach could fail ...