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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 ...

Dr. Jones answers the question: 'What Do Skin, RAST Test Results Mean?' — -- Question: What do positive and negative skin or RAST tests mean? Answer: In order to diagnose a child or an adult with ...

Katie received her bachelor's degree in registered nursing from Western Governors University. She then also received her master's degree in nursing education from Western Governors University. You can ...

Allergy tests can help identify the source of an allergic reaction. This is especially important if someone experiences severe or repeated allergic reactions. Allergic reactions have a variety of ...

PENNSYLVANIA, USA — Springtime is prime time for allergies, but if you don't know what's triggering them, you can always get a prick test. "So allergy prick testing is a type of allergy skin test that ...

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 ...

Skin allergies are common and often frustrating to diagnose. But new technology could soon help change that. Dr. Alison Bruce, a dermatologist at the Mayo Clinic, is helping to develop an artificial ...