Duct Tape, Emery Boards, and Warts
    Duct Tape, Emery Boards, and Warts

    Treatments for warts abound, varying from as gentle and simple as taping a patch of banana peel on before bed, to as high-tech and powerful as superpulsed carbon-dioxide-laser vaporization. A study pu…

    Poop, Beneficial Bacteria and Eczema
    Poop, Beneficial Bacteria and Eczema

    An elegant little study in Finland, published in the July 2002 issue of Gut, looked at babies with severe eczema ? and their stools. Stools are teeming with bacteria, some beneficial, some neutral, an…

    Preventing Eczema
    Preventing Eczema: New Insights

    Dr. Greene's take on preventing eczema... Each year in the western world, eczema gets more common. We know that breastfeeding can prevent eczema, and that mothers' avoiding certain allergic foods can …

    Spectacular Allergy Prevention
    Spectacular Allergy Prevention

    Dr. Greene's take on allergy prevention... Beneficial bacteria may prevent allergies. The April 7, 2001 issue of the prestigious journal, The Lancet, contains a study of 132 children who were at high …

    Sunscreen Prevents Moles
    Sunscreen Prevents Moles

    A study in the June 14th, 2000 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) reported that sunscreen reduces the formation of moles in Caucasian children, especially children with fr…

    Capillary Hemangioma
    Capillary Hemangioma

    A capillary hemangioma is a bright red birthmark that can sometimes be the most noticeable feature of a little baby. Hemangiomas often don't appear until a baby is a month old, and can continue to gro…

    Southern tick-associated erythema migrans-like illness
    Southern tick-associated erythema migrans-like illness

    A new infectious disease has been described, having caused documented illnesses in Georgia, Missouri, North Carolina, Texas, and Virginia (Pediatric News. 33(7):12, 1999). This disease, transmitted vi…

    Help for Eczema
    Help for Eczema: Surprising Advice

    I received a letter from a mother in St. Clair, Missouri, who reported that she found that her daughter's eczema (a skin condition we talk more about here) improved with daily bathing. Eczema is a con…

    New Treatments for Psoriasis
    New Treatments for Psoriasis

    For years, the mainstays of psoriasis treatment have been steroid creams, coal tar preparations, and moisturizers. For mild rashes, these have been sufficient. For severe psoriasis, people have resort…

    Fast Facts about Psoriasis
    Fast Facts about Psoriasis

    Psoriasis is often not even considered in children because the average age of onset is 28 years. (more…)…

    Colds, Allergies and Sinus Infections
    Colds, Allergies and Sinus Infections

    Parents often ask me whether their children's constantly runny noses are the result of allergies, sinus infections, or of one cold after another. (more…)…

    Fast Facts about Septra
    Fast Facts about Septra

    Septra and Bactrim are both brand names for a combination antibiotic called trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole. (more…)…

    Tips for Treating Poison Ivy, Oak, and Sumac Rashes
    Tips for Treating Poison Ivy, Oak, and Sumac Rashes

    Poison ivy, poison oak, and poison sumac together produce more cases of allergic contact dermatitis than all other allergens combined. The resulting rash can range from mildly unpleasant to a true eme…

    Tips for Preventing Poison Ivy, Oak, and Sumac Rashes
    Tips for Preventing Poison Ivy, Oak, and Sumac Rashes

    Urushiol is the reason for those itchy rashes one gets when coming into contact with one of these plants. The oil is found in the leaves, roots, and twigs of poison ivy and its cousins. There is no di…

    Fast Facts about the Chickenpox Vaccine
    Fast Facts about the Chickenpox Vaccine

    Chicken pox is caused by the Varicella-zoster virus. It is usually a mild infection, and not life-threatening. Although children with this virus may be miserable for several days, and miss a week of s…

    A Parent’s Guide To Diaper Rashes
    A Parent’s Guide To Diaper Rashes

    There are a surprising number of different types of diaper rashes (that respond best to different types of treatments). Skin wetness is the common denominator underlying these various causes of diaper…

    Tips for Treating and Preventing Eczema Outbreaks
    Tips for Treating and Preventing Eczema Outbreaks

    The first step in treating eczema is to identify the precipitating event or trigger and avoid it if possible! You may not see an immediate improvement, but if you are going to successfully treat eczem…

    Alleviating Eczema
    Alleviating Eczema

    Eczema is a chronic condition in which sensitive skin reacts to certain triggers, and a rash develops. The mainstays of eczema treatment are moisturizers and ever-increasing strengths of cortisone cre…