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Whiter laundry and a surprising new treatment for kids' eczema

It's best known for whitening a load of laundry. But now simple household bleach has a surprising new role: an effective treatment for kids' chronic eczema.

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Apr 27, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 9

Study reveals major shift in how eczema develops

Like a fence or barricade intended to stop unwanted intruders, the skin serves as a barrier protecting the body from the hundreds of allergens, irritants, pollutants and microbes people come in contact with every day. In ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Dec 17, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Lack of omega-6 fatty acid linked to severe dermatitis

University of Illinois scientists have learned that a specific omega-6 fatty acid may be critical to maintaining skin health.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Apr 12, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists unlock mystery of potentially fatal reaction to smallpox vaccine

Researchers from the La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology have pinpointed the cellular defect that increases the likelihood, among eczema sufferers, of developing eczema vaccinatum, a severe and potentially fatal reaction ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created May 25, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 7

Some Eczema Sufferers More Prone to Smallpox and Other Viruses

(PhysOrg.com) -- Since the World Health Organization proclaimed smallpox officially eradicated in late 1979 - thanks to vaccination programs that produced a protective “herd immunity” for most of the globe ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jun 30, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Identified: Switch that turns on allergic disease in people

A new study in human cells has singled out a molecule that specifically directs immune cells to develop the capability to produce an allergic response. The signaling molecule, called thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP), is ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jan 20, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Discovery may lead to development of safer immunosuppressants

Immunosuppressive treatment is necessary to prevent rejection of an organ after transplant and has great potential for treating chronic inflammatory diseases. However, currently available immunosuppressant drugs can pose ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Mar 12, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Why does eczema often lead to asthma?

Many young children who get a severe skin rash develop asthma months or years later. Doctors call the progression from eczema, or atopic dermatitis, to breathing problems the atopic march. In this week's issue of PLoS Bi ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created May 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Better animal-free test for chemicals that can cause contact dermatitis

Scientists are reporting development of a fast, simple, inexpensive method for determining whether chemicals in consumer products and workplaces may cause skin allergies in people -- a method that does not ...

Chemistry / Other

created May 26, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Lower occurrence of atopic dermatitis in children thanks to farm animals and cats

Children whose mothers are exposed to farm animals and cats are better protected against atopic dermatitis and are less likely to develop this painful inflammation of the skin in their first two years of life. A group of ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 02, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New risk variant for atopic dermatitis identified

Scientists of the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) Berlin-Buch and Charité - University Medical School, Berlin, Germany, in collaboration with researchers from the Klinikum rechts der Isar of Technical ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Apr 06, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Childhood eczema is a growing problem

Michelle Stevens first noticed the red, blotchy patches on her toddler's feet after he started walking. Every time Noah walked outdoors in their grassy backyard, the blotches appeared.

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Apr 08, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 7

Dermatitis

Dermatitis is inflammation of the skin (i.e. rash).

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