Environmental Working Group’s Skin Deep cosmetic safety database is a fabulous resource for anyone using Solveeczema.org to problem solve their child’s eczema. The database includes a wide range of personal care products. Although the evaluations do not take into account specific issues from Solveeczema, or even “eczema” specifically as an outcome of any ingredient, many of …
Great article I stumbled on recently from The Independent. As I have said for years: In a typical household today, the following products are almost always detergent-based or contain detergents: laundry products, including “hypoallergenic” ones for babies … dishwashing liquid; dishwasher powder; liquid and many bar “soaps”; kitchen, bathroom and other household surface cleansers; shampoo …
I couldn’t help passing this along. It shows significant reduction in infection among children who take probiotics (healthy bacteria, higher dose than in yogurt). I have used probiotics to shorten illness and prevent sore throats from progressing into something else, based on other research, so I’m not surprised by the results. This placebo-controlled trial showed: …
I just found this web site, which (I think) is a marketplace for a lot of vendors to sell their artisinal goods, called Art Fire. I used search term “soap” and refined it with “unscented” and found pages and pages of handmade soaps. Not all had ingredients I would recommend, but all of the …
I’ve gotten much feedback over the years that the changes described in Solveeczema.org do more than help eliminate eczema for certain people, they help reduce or eliminate asthma, even in atopic family members who do not have eczema. I’m not going to do too much analysis here, I’m going to let this article speak for …
I received this letter recently from a mom in Ontario, Canada. She has kindly offered before and after photos, which I will post with the letter on the solveeczema site as part of upcoming revisions. Thank you, S. Mason, for allowing me to share your experience: Hi There, My daughter was diagnosed with atopic dermatitis when she …
FINALLY! I have finally figured out how to delete my solveecema files from Comcast’s personal web pages. It took an hour just to delete them — one by one since there was no other way — the only saving grace being that it was sooooo much faster than trying to update them. Solveeczema.org has been …
I keep a file of “funny and amazing insurance excuses,” but I had to share this exclusion for an urgent care physician’s charge from our local medical center’s After Hours Urgent Care Clinic: “YOUR BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD SERVICE BENEFIT PLAN COVERAGE DOES NOT PROVIDE BENEFITS FOR ADDITIONAL CHARGES BY ANY PROFESSIONAL PROVIDER FOR …
I purchased a hosting package for Solveeczema.org in March, but didn’t have time to transfer the files. But as of tonight, Solveeczema.org is hosted on Network Solutions and is no longer unsupported (and, frankly, almost impossible to revise) on Comcast! Thanks to the generosity of a few users last year who helped defray some of …
I moved this blog to WordPress from VOX, even though VOX was easier at the time and had better tools, because I thought I could get away from the ads they put on my blog. Unfortunately, the ads appear as if they are associated with my content, and Google ads uses words from the content …