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Eczema

January 2024

  • An illustration of the digestive system, with food and gut bacteria.

    Science Weekly
    Secrets of the microbiome: the skin – podcast

    Ian Sample meets professor in cutaneous biology Julie Thornton who tells him how it helps with everything from wound healing to immunity

November 2023

  • Scientists hope the research will translate into new treatments for people with conditions such as eczema.

    Scientists raise hopes of cure for eczema itchiness with study of skin bacteria

    Researchers say they have discovered a common type of bacteria can trigger irritation

September 2023

  • The unpredictability is a challenge … Anita Bhagwandas.

    How to have healthy skin
    At war with my own skin: my life with eczema – and how I found the key to keeping it away

    Beauty writer Anita Bhagwandas reflects on the lessons she has learned, from childhood to adulthood, about eczema – a condition that imposes daily physical and psychological tests

July 2023

  • Abigail Lowe today.

    My topical steroid withdrawal: ‘Water felt like acid, my body was ablaze and I shed skin like a snake’

    I was prescribed steroid cream for my eczema – but when I stopped using it I ended up in A&E. Much more research is needed into this debilitating condition

October 2021

  • Close-up of a woman's body

    Book of the day
    Skin by Sergio del Molino review – a meditation on psoriasis and the psyche

    A sufferer writes about how the skin condition affected figures as diverse as Joseph Stalin, John Updike and Cyndi Lauper

October 2018

  • An EpiPen auto-injector, carried by people with severe allergies and who are at risk of anaphylactic shock.

    Allergies: the scourge of modern life?

    Our ancestors didn’t suffer from hay fever and food allergies were extremely rare even a few decades ago. What is causing the steep rise in their incidence now?

August 2018

  • Chris Hall and his youngest daughter

    Self and wellbeing
    Our daughter’s eczema was out of control until we found Dr Aron

    Life was like Groundhog Day for our family but then a South African dermatologist and his regimen improved things considerably

May 2018

  • Doctors investigating the link between eczema and heart problems say sufferers should not be alarmed as the overall risk is still low.

    Link found between severe eczema and heart problems

    Individuals with severe eczema face a higher risk of cardiovascular problems such as heart attacks, heart failure and strokes

January 2018

  • Woman scratching her hand

    The health guide
    Everything you’ve ever wanted to know about eczema (but were too busy scratching to ask)

    Eczema can be a year-round torment for the 1.6 million adults affected in the UK, but winter causes particular misery. So how can you avoid it – or treat it if you have it?

November 2017

  • Breastfeeding<br>B018KM Breastfeeding

    Breastfeeding could reduce eczema risk in children, new research suggests

    Study examining the impact of breastfeeding support programmes shows 54% reduction in eczema for children involved

October 2017

  • Matt Lucas, bald head, glasses, serious expression looking straight at the camera

    Matt Lucas: ‘Losing my hair at the age of six shaped my life’

    One memorable moment defined his early childhood – being knocked down by a car. Could that explain what happened next? Matt Lucas tells all, in an exclusive extract from his new memoir

May 2016

  • Maggie O’Farrell and daughter in 2010

    'I have three seconds before she draws blood': life with extreme eczema

  • Pfizer logo

    Pfizer to buy Anacor in $5.2bn deal for access to eczema gel

May 2014

  • Handsome student in pain having a headache

    Blogging students
    Learning to live with a skin condition at university

    Skin conditions affect more than your appearance: your social life and confidence can suffer too, says a student blogger

June 2013

  • A child with eczema

    Children given antibiotics in first year 'more likely to develop eczema'

    New research published in British Journal of Dermatology suggests antibiotics could affect maturing immune system

January 2013

  • A child eating junk food

    Fast food and takeaways linked to surge in child asthma and allergies

    Teenagers more likely to have severe asthma and eczema if they eat fast food more than three times a week, study shows

January 2010

  • Peter Beech

    Diary of a homeophobe
    Diary of a homeophobe: part six

    In his final dispatch from the frontline of eczema, Peter Beech reports on a battle won - and a war that will always need waging

December 2009

  • Woman scratching

    Diary of a homeophobe
    Diary of a homeophobe: part five

    In his penultimate column about the trials of an eczema sufferer, Peter Beech describes the torture of trying to resist the itch

November 2009

  • Vials containg pills for homeopathic remedies

    Diary of a homeophobe
    Diary of a homeophobe: part four

    Eczema sufferer Peter Beech explains why he has been forced to abandon his homeopathy experiment - and reveals which alternative treatment he is now trying

October 2009

  • Alternative medicine

    Diary of a homeophobe
    Diary of homeophobe: part three

    Proof this month that homeopathy doesn't cure severe eczema … but Peter Beech struggles on regardless

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