Tag: Eczema

Eczema drug effective against severe asthma

New York: An eczema drug may help alleviate asthma symptoms as well as improve patients’ lung function better than standard therapies, results from twin studies have shown. Dupilumab, an injectable anti-inflammatory drug, was approved in 2017 by the US Food and Drug Administration as a treatment for eczema, a chronic skin disease. The findings showed […]

  • Wednesday, 07 July 2021
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Treating eczema may also alleviate asthma

London: Researchers have found a possible new therapy for eczema that also helps reduce the severity of asthma. According to the researchers, children with atopic dermatitis (AD) — a type of eczema of the skin — show an increased risk of developing asthma later in life. The researchers also mentioned that house dust mites are […]

  • Wednesday, 07 July 2021
Dogs may prevent childhood eczema, asthma

New York: Having a dog during pregnancy may give your babies protection from allergic eczema and asthma, a study has found. The findings showed a mother’s exposure to dogs before the birth of a child is significantly associated with lower risk of eczema by age two years. However, the protective effect goes down at age […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
Eczema sufferers have higher risk of obesity, BP

People suffering from the chronic itchy skin disease eczema have higher rates of smoking, drinking and obesity, and are less likely to exercise than adults who do not have the disease, scientists report

  • Monday, 21 June 2021
Multiple-Genes
Multiple genes to blame for risk of asthma, eczema

London: Researchers have found a total of 141 regions in our genetic material that largely explain the genetic risk underlying asthma, hay fever and eczema. As many as 41 of the genes identified have not previously been linked to an elevated risk for these diseases. The study, published in the journal Human Molecular Genetics, shows […]

  • Tuesday, 27 April 2021
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This is how your brain senses an itch

New York: Researchers have discovered how neurons in the spinal cord help transmit itch signals to the brain. Their findings, published in the Journal of the Mechanical Behaviour of Biomedical Materials, will help contribute to a better understanding of itch and could lead to the invention of new drugs to treat chronic itch, which occurs […]

  • Monday, 26 April 2021
Allergies
Heavier Babies More Likely To Develop Childhood Allergies

Canberra: Parents, take note. Researchers have found that heavier babies are more likely to suffer childhood food allergies or eczema. For the study, published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, the research team carried out a systematic review assessing past studies in humans. After screening more than 15,000 studies, they identified 42 that […]

  • Saturday, 24 April 2021
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