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. But if ...

Allergic conjunctivitis is not contagious, but other types of conjunctivitis, such as viral or bacterial, are. People can take steps to prevent transmission of the contagious types. These steps ...

Allergy sufferers may one day be able to erase the source of their congestion, itchy skin and swollen lips and throat thanks to two studies that have uncovered elusive immune cells that maintain ...

Some types of allergies can cause voice loss or laryngitis. Laryngitis typically occurs due to overuse of the voice, acid reflux, colds, flu, or infection. Laryngitis is irritation or inflammation of ...

Living with allergies can be difficult. Symptoms can mess with your day-to-day life or, in some cases, be life-threatening. Even if your allergies only show up seasonally, symptoms can impact your ...

Researchers have identified an allergy pathway that, when blocked, unleashes antitumor immunity in mouse models of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). And in an early parallel study in humans, ...

If you suffer from seasonal allergies, you may feel like there’s nothing you can do to escape the miserable symptoms that ...

If you experience regular flare-ups of allergic gastroenteritis, an elimination diet may help you figure out what’s triggering it. If you’ve ever experienced stomach flu — otherwise known as ...

DETROIT – Tree pollen levels have lowered some in Metro Detroit, but there are other types of pollen moving through our air this week. Levels of tree pollen were low on Tuesday, June 13, and are ...