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 ...

Allergies are on the rise. While you might think that it’s just because we’re more aware of allergies now, you’d be wrong.  Current research indicates that certain industrialized countries including the US, England, Canada, Greenland, New Zealand, Australia, and Denmark have higher rates of allergy than in ...

After airborne irritants, the next top allergens are foods. As many as 2 million children in the US are affected by food allergies according to the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology. Not all food is equally allergenic though. In fact, there are 8 top food allergens that ...

If you have food allergies, you’ve likely been told that your primary strategy to manage your condition is scrupulous avoidance of your allergen. Many of us have been hoping for better drug or other management techniques that might allow us to have the offending food from time ...

You’ve just found out you have a food allergy (or two). Perhaps your child has just been diagnosed. Suddenly, you have to make a lot of changes in your family’s diet. What do you do? Your primary strategy is to avoid the problematic food. Avoiding a food due ...