Children with shellfish allergy had reduced odds for outgrowing this allergy if they also had asthma, oral allergy syndrome ...

A new study has found that the contents of commercially produced extracts used to test for shellfish allergies differ widely between manufacturers. The researchers are calling for the standardization ...

A wide swath of the U.S. has become entrenched in a cicada frenzy as trillions of the noisy but harmless insects emerge from the ground. Illinois is at the center of it all, as it's one of two states ...

Beth Skwarecki is Lifehacker’s Senior Health Editor, and holds certifications as a personal trainer and weightlifting coach. She has been writing about health for over 10 years. As the Brood X cicada ...

Food allergies represent complex immunological responses to specific proteins in food, and seafood allergens have emerged as a significant clinical concern worldwide. Reactions to seafood, including ...

Is Brood X putting you in the mood for some grilled cicadas? Well, they may be a bit "shellfish" when it comes to food allergies. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) In case, you are about to say ...

Brood X is back and ready for action. After a 17-year nap, the cicadas of the Eastern US have emerged to scream, mate, and perhaps pick up a fungus that turns them into “horror movie sex bots.” While ...

The Food and Drug Administration has a colorful warning for people with a shellfish allergy: don’t eat cicadas. Turns out, the agency warns, that the noisy insects actually share a "family relation" ...

Dear Dr. Gott: My doctor suggests that I am allergic to shellfish and told me that I should be careful about having certain X-rays. If this is true, what should I watch out for? Could this allergy be ...