News tagged with dermatitis
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
Apr 27, 2009 |
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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
Dec 17, 2010 |
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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
Apr 12, 2010 |
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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
May 25, 2009 |
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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
Jun 30, 2009 |
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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
Jan 20, 2010 |
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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 ...
Mar 12, 2009 |
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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 ...
May 19, 2009 |
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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 ...
May 26, 2010 |
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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 ...
Dec 02, 2010 |
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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 ...
Apr 06, 2009 |
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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
Apr 08, 2009 |
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Dermatitis
Dermatitis is inflammation of the skin (i.e. rash).
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