Eczema science explained by the world’s leading experts in every 20 minute episode
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You are what you eat or, more precisely, what your MICROBIOME eats.
How much influence does the gut microbiome have on developing eczema or allergies? Turns out, quite a lot.
Episode 43: Can Traditional Chinese Medicine treat eczema?
Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) uses biological extracts to treat disease. Eczema sufferers
Episode 42: How to get smiles while applying moisturizer, sleep strategies and other eczema care advice
Are you feeling lost and don’t know where to find professional advice on managing eczema?
Episode 41: Could we take a pill to eradicate Staph aureus on the skin?
Is getting rid of Staph aureus in the gut the key to improving eczema? And can we control it without antibiotics?
Episode 40: Who gets eczema and who grows out of it - and why? Are detergents, antibiotics and tiny plastics to blame?
Korey Capozza travels to Spain for the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology Congress where she speaks to researchers that are trying to explain the allergy epidemic and what we can do about it.
Episode 39: Pregnancy and the allergic trajectory
Could the diet and lifestyle of a mother during pregnancy influence whether her baby will develop eczema? Our podcast guests are studying the role that diet and the gut microbiome in pregnancy play.
Episode 38: New Eczema Guidelines from the Allergy Societies: Takeaways and Surprises
Frustrated by eczema care that ignores patient priorities? New guidelines from the medical societies for allergists and immunologists may help change that.
Episode 37: Research Highlights from the American Academy of Dermatology Meeting 2024
This episode features research highlights from the 2024 American Academy of Dermatology meeting in San Diego.
Episode 36: Is the gut microbiome the key to allergic diseases?
Could we cure allergies by taking probiotics or transplanting the gut microbiome from a healthy person? What does all this mean for eczema/allergy prevention?
Episode 35: Brilliant new ideas for beating eczema from eczema parents
The winners of the 2023 Big Ideas for Eczema contest share their novel ideas and how they came up with them.
Episode 34: Research Highlights of 2023
Our latest podcast episode highlights some of the top research discoveries of 2023 related to eczema.
Episode 33: What’s hot in eczema prevention?
Can moisturizers help prevent eczema? If so: when, what and how should they be applied? Can probiotics help? If so: who should take them - mother or baby?
Episode 32: The inflammation-microbiome connection and how new therapies can correct both.
Biological therapies like dupilumab target type 2 inflammation, now new research shows they also modify the skin microbiome.
Episode 31: Is Dupixent forever? Is tapering Dupixent desirable or even possible?
Dupixent (also known as dupilumab) has transformed the lives of people with moderate to severe eczema, but will patients need to use it indefinitely?
Episode 30: Ditching itch: What we know and what we still have to learn
Itch. It’s the hallmark symptom of eczema and the most troublesome. In this podcast we discuss why the eczema itch is so hard to treat and explore effective treatment options.
Episode 29: Exposures to chemicals in our environment and the allergy / eczema epidemic
What do microplastics, dishwasher rinse-aid, air pollution and processed foods have to do with eczema?
Episode 28: Was it something I did? Does the eczema trajectory begin even before a baby is born?
Have you ever wondered if there is anything you can do during pregnancy to lower the chance of your baby developing eczema?
Episode 27: Meet the "citizen scientist" winners of our Big Ideas for Eczema Challenge
In our very first “Big Ideas” competition, we asked those who live with eczema for big ideas that could lead to better treatments or a cure.
Episode 26: Embracing your allergies: how micro-exposures to an allergen can make eczema better.
Could allergy drops (or shots) be the answer to reducing eczema flares?
Episode 25: Is eczema inevitable for some kids? Breakthrough research suggests that testing and intervention for newborns could change the trajectory.
Imagine if doctors could use a non-invasive test on newborns to predict their risk of developing eczema? Now it might be possible.