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Here you'll find the latest news about atopy, testing, treatment, and related clinical topics. For allergy coverage from the popular press, see Consumer News.
Updated NIH Guidelines Offer Valuable Information On Asthma Diagnosis
And Management
(August 30, 2007)
In Testing For Allergies, A Single Shot May Suffice
(New York Times, March 20, 2007)
 A New Allergy Test Without The Pain
("Eyewitness News at 11:00," ABC-7 News, New York, August, 2006)
ImmunoCAP Test is Accurate and Much Less Painful (News Brief)
("Eyewitness News This Morning," ABC-7 News, New York, August, 2006)
Asthmatic Infants and Children Have
Higher Sensitivities to Certain Allergens
(June 20, 2006)
Substantial Amount of Asthma-Related
Emergency Department Visits Result from Intermittent Asthma Patients
(March 7, 2006)
Patients want more from allergy medication, survey reveals
(featured in Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America, 11/8/2005)
New Blood Test Identifies Allergen-Specific
IgE More Specifically Than
Older Tests
(featured in Medscape, 3/22/2005)
Science
Closing in on Allergy Prevention
(featured in HealthDay, 3/22/2005)
Test
Suggests Kids More Prone to Allergies Than Their Parents
(featured in HealthDay, 3/21/2005)
Diagnosing Allergic Diseases in Children
(featured in Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine,
9/16/2004)
Seeking IgE- Know the allergen, improve the care
(featured in Patient Care, 7/8/2004)
Diagnostic Allergy Testing: Some New Answers To Old Questions
(featured in Clinical Laboratory News, 5/25/2004)
Respiratory Disease: Addressing the Underlying Cause
The patient with symptoms of respiratory disease is one of
the most common—and potentially confusing—problems to confront
the family physician.
(SOURCE: This material was originally published as a supplement
to The Journal of Family Practice in
April 2004. Copyright © 2004 Dowden Health Media.)
Diagnostics Leaders Collaborate to Help Physicians Better Differentiate Allergy-Like Symptoms
(featured in PR Newswire, 5/18/2004)
Fall Dilemma: Is It Allergy or a Cold?
Simple allergy blood test aids physicians in diagnosis
during fall allergy season
(SOURCE: Pharmacia Corporation, 9/15/2003)
Royal Swedish Academy Award Winner Urges Wider Use of Specific IgE Testing
Virginia Scientist Wins 2002 PhARF Award for Allergy Research
Most People With Allergy-Like Symptoms Don't Have Allergies, Study Says
A heads-up to people who suffer from allergy-like symptoms:
Your sniffles and sneezes may not be due to allergies
after all.
(featured in Ohio State University Research, 10/16/2001)
Do You Suffer From Allergies?
For many, taking prescription or over-the-counter allergy
medications can be expensive and unnecessary and may
not relieve symptoms.
(featured in New Living, 8/1/2001)
FDA Accepts ImmunoCAP® Allergy Blood
Test for Quantitation
First-ever quantitative IgE test represents good news for
50 million American allergy sufferers.
(SOURCE: Pharmacia Corporation, 3/28/2001)
Study Demonstrates Superiority of Allergy Blood Test
(SOURCE: Pharmacia Corporation, 10/16/2000)
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