Skin tests for allergies include skin prick testing, intradermal testing, and skin patch testing. Skin tests are generally safe but can cause irritation or, rarely, a severe allergic reaction called ...

What is an allergy, why does it occur and how can it be identified as accurately as possible? Head of the allergology and occupational pathology department at the 10th City Clinical Hospital, Svetlana ...

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 ...

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 ...