Finding the source of eczema, like many other chronic diseases, appears to be a matter of persistent detective work. Don't get discouraged if your first approach doesn't work keep looking until y ...
It is common for families prone to allergic diseases to be advised against keeping pets, but new data suggest it may be time to stop blaming the family dog or cat for the allergic reactions. ...
Not long ago, the 78 year old dermatologist Dr Jerome Z. Litt, author of one of the profession's standard textbooks The Drug Eruption Manual (Parthenon Publishing, 1999) spoke out about the narrow ...
The recent warnings over the potential toxicity of Chinese herbal remedies for eczema could be premature, warn the researchers from two leading London hospitals. ...
Eczema has been blamed on everything from food to car exhaust fumes, but a new report shows the problem may be hard water. ...
Measles may be good for children after all. Researchers have discovered that African children who catch measles tend to suffer less from allergic conditions, such as asthma, eczema and hay fever. ...
Over the counter topical NSAIDs may cause skin eruptions resembling eczema, say French researchers. ...
PEANUT ALLERGY: Are skin creams to blame?
The epidemic of eczema, which affects one fifth of children, may be the fallout from our obsessive concern with keeping our children free of germs. ...
Several helpful tips for last week's reader who wanted to know what she could do to help her baby's eczema. One mother whose tot also suffered from a bad bout of the eczema says the condition cleared up when he was put on a gluten-, corn- and dairy...