Medicare Part B may cover some types of allergy tests if a person meets certain criteria. Allergy testing falls under the “clinical diagnostic laboratory tests” category for Medicare. To qualify for ...

As many as 50 million Americans have food and seasonal allergies. Doctors traditionally use skin tests to diagnose allergies. The procedure involves placing an allergen on the skin and pricking it ...

Living in Ohio is not always easy for allergy sufferers. In fact, Columbus, Ohio is ranked as one of the most challenging places to live with seasonal allergies. But, a new procedure now available in ...

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 ...

Choosing Wisely®, an initiative of the ABIM Foundation, currently comprises evidence-based recommendations from 9 specialty organizations on commonly used tests and procedures, with more ...

Q: I’ve been told I may need to have an allergy skin test to determine what I’m allergic to. Are these safe? A: During allergy skin testing, your skin is exposed to suspected allergy-causing ...

Scientists have developed a new blood test to diagnose peanut allergies they believe is safer and more accurate than methods doctors currently use on patients. If rolled out, the new test could catch ...

Results from a retrospective cohort study demonstrated the safety of an antimicrobial stewardship intervention that uses guideline-directed beta-lactam antibiotic test-dose procedures in hospitalized ...

Food intolerances, food sensitivities, and food allergies can all produce negative symptoms, ranging from undesirable to downright dangerous. Food intolerances can produce uncomfortable or ...

Last year, experts suggested in an article published in Clinical Infectious Diseases that pharmacists should have a bigger role in penicillin allergy skin testing. The authors said it would expand ...