For those who do not like blood tests (the traditional skin-prick method), the new test also offers an alternative means for medical staff to take a sample for analysis – by swabbing the nose. In ...

We realized that it was of utmost importance for the fluorescent microscopist to be well informed of the dynamic aspects of the immunofluorescent cytology of the disease when he made the diagnosis by ...

Stuffy noses, itching and fits of sneezing - 130 million people in Europe suffer from hay fever and other forms of allergic rhinitis. Until now, these conditions have typically been diagnosed using ...

April 17 (UPI) --German researchers have developed an allergy diagnostic test using nasal secretions instead of a blood test, a medical journal reported on Friday. Researchers at the Technical ...

Results from short-term studies of patients with seasonal allergies generally have shown that nasal steroids relieve symptoms more effectively than do antihistamines. But what about long-term outcomes ...

Stuffy noses, itching and fits of sneezing - 130 million people in Europe suffer from hay fever and other forms of allergic rhinitis. Until now, these conditions have typically been diagnosed using ...