The use of virtual reality (VR) during skin prick testing (SPT) significantly reduced procedural anxiety, fear, and pain in children while achieving 100% compliance compared with standard care.

When a child experiences adverse reactions after eating certain foods, determining whether these symptoms stem from true allergies requires careful investigation. Food allergies affect approximately 8 ...

Seasonal allergies, which cause symptoms like a runny nose, itchy eyes, and sneezing, are common in children. Allergies develop when the body overreacts to substances like pollen, mold, or pet dander.

Researchers have developed a test to simplify the diagnosis of allergies. Its effectiveness has now been confirmed in clinical samples from children and adolescents suffering from a peanut allergy.

Among children advised to avoid sunflower seeds, more than 75% were recommended avoidance based solely on positive allergy testing rather than on reaction history; over 80% of oral food challenges ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A study involving an oral allergen challenge revealed promising results for a sublingual epinephrine strip, a ...

Research from Edith Cowan University (ECU) has highlighted the need for children with a suspected antibiotic allergy to be fully assessed by drug allergy services. The study is published in The ...

The University of Kentucky alleges CVS Health diverted more than $41 million in 340B drug savings from four hospitals between 2020 and 2025. A federal judge blocked CMS from requiring medically frail ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Higher scores on the Food Allergy Independent Measure indicate greater burden. Models revealed few demographic ...

A real-world study from UVA Health Children's Hospital has shown that early peanut oral immunotherapy (epOIT) is safe and effective in desensitizing young children to peanuts. 27 children completed ...

Research from Edith Cowan University (ECU) has highlighted the need for children with a suspected antibiotic allergy to be fully assessed by drug allergy services. ECU PhD student Ms Annabelle Arnold ...