Maggie O’Neill is a health writer and reporter based in New York who specializes in covering medical research and emerging wellness trends, with a focus on cancer and addiction. Prior to her time at ...

A 55-year-old woman with no other medical problems had been hospitalized for pneumonia related to Streptococcus pnemoniae. The patient was put on cefazolin 500 mg IV every 12 hours. No drug allergies ...

Latex allergies can cause rashes on your skin, but they can also be deadly. Here’s what experts want you to know. If you have a latex allergy, you’re allergic to a protein found in the sap of the ...

More than 50 million Americans have an allergy of some kind. Food Allergy Research and Education (FARE) estimates up to 15 million people in the United States have a food allergy. A rash is one of ...

There’s nothing like a where-did-this-come-from type of skin rash to throw you for a loop. No idea what’s causing those raised, itchy bumps and splotches? That’s not entirely surprising. Skin rashes, ...

Bumps on your skin can have a variety of causes, from allergic reactions to acne. However, you can tell the differences between an allergic reaction and other bumps on your face by some defining ...

Pimples or a pimple-like rash can develop on any part of the body, including on the legs and thighs. Potential causes include folliculitis, keratosis pilaris, and hives. Pimples often appear as one or ...

Pricy allergy triggers from cashmere to caviar. April 24, 2013— -- intro: Some people are lucky to be allergy-free, but wealth has nothing to do with it. In fact, one popular theory dubbed the ...

If you have a latex allergy, you’re allergic to a protein found in the sap of the Brazilian rubber tree. That might sound easy to avoid, but that sap is used to make rubber, and it’s found in lots of ...