A new initiative at the Portage Clinic is helping patients determine whether they're truly allergic to penicillin, ...

People are not born allergic to things, but they can be born with a genetic tendency to become allergic to things to which ...

If you're one of the millions of Americans who have a penicillin allergy listed on your medical record, research suggests it's highly likely that this label is inaccurate. Having a penicillin ...

Patients are not eligible if they are pregnant, have a history of a type II IV allergic reaction to penicillin, have a recent (within the past five years) report of an immediate reaction to ...

Piperacillin, an antibiotic in the same class as penicillin, effectively cured mice of Lyme disease at 100-times less than the effective dose of doxycycline, the current gold standard treatment. At ...

Lyme disease, a disease transmitted when deer ticks feed on infected animals like deer and rodents, and then bite humans, impacts nearly half a million individuals in the U.S. annually.

The Senate Rules Committee has passed a measure its Republican backers say will strengthen parental rights in Florida, ...

Scientists believe they know what causes the treated infection to mimic chronic illness: the body may be responding to remnants of the bacteria that causes Lyme that tend to pool in the liver and ...

Urticaria is complicated to diagnose by its symptomatic overlap with other skin conditions and the frequent misclassification ...

Discover the 6 most common causes of mouth rashes in children beyond food allergies, from acidic foods to infections, and ...

New research suggests that lingering cell wall fragments from the Lyme disease bacterium, Borrelia burgdorferi, may be responsible for persistent symptoms long after antibiotic treatment.

Will Bulsiewicz, M.D. is a respected gastroenterologist who wrote “Fiber Fueled.” Today’s column is based on this book. For ...