Approximately 50 million Americans have some form of allergic disease, and the number is increasing. Allergy attacks, or allergic reactions, occur when your immune system detects an allergen (a ...

Allergic shiners are dark circles under the eyes that are related to nasal and sinus congestion. While they often occur with seasonal allergies, allergic shiners can affect anyone who experiences this ...

It’s an exciting time for the allergy field, experts say. Here’s what to know about what causes food allergies—and the new research that may help us cope with them. Food sensitivities are ...

What Is a Peanut Allergy? You have a peanut allergy when your body’s immune system overreacts to peanuts. Normally, your immune system helps protect you from germs and other harmful substances.

Yes, you can be allergic to semen, much like any other substance that you might come into contact with. A semen allergy (a.k.a. seminal plasma hypersensitivity) happens when proteins in semen ...

Objective: To investigate possible photoallergic reactions in patients who identified themselves as "being allergic" to sunscreens. Methods: Patients filled out questionnaires about types of ...

Truth is, allergy symptoms can vary a lot from one year to the next, says Jen Caudle, DO, a family medicine practitioner in Washington Township, New Jersey. A lot of it has to do with weather ...

Autumn is a great time to invest in one of the best air purifiers for allergies. With the hay fever season being long gone, it is easy to snap one up at a discounted price — even more so during ...

In the final episode, experts at UCSD and La Jolla Institute discuss current clinical trials of a cancer vaccine and future directions for neoantigen vaccines. Custom-made Cancer Therapy ...

Did you know that, according to the CDC, one in 13 kids in the United States has a food allergy? Whether someone in your own brood is allergic to peanuts, tree nuts and the like or you’d just like to ...

Sheena Cruickshank receives funding from BBSRC and EPSRC to support research into environmental impacts on allergy. The number of people in England with food allergies has more than doubled ...