Tag: eczema
Tia Mowry. Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP/Shutterstock Tia Mowry loves the skin she’s in! But it hasn’t always been easy. In an exclusive interview with Us Weekly, the Aveeno ambassador opened up about her journey to getting diagnosed with eczema — and how she hopes speaking out will encourage more normalized conversations about skin sensitivities. “Skin sensitivities are […]
A team of voters have assessed several tools for measuring and assessing itch intensity for patients with atopic eczema. A team, led by Yael A. Leshem, MD, MCR, Division of Dermatology, Rabin Medical Center, recommended instruments to measure eczema control and itch intensity in patients with atopic eczema in clinical practice. “Measuring outcomes in clinical […]
Source: Dr. Yi Chen (9/17/22) The purpose behind this complementary study is to potentially expand the treatment’s target patient population, noted an H.C. Wainwright & Co. report. ASLAN Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (ASLN:NASDAQ), to complement its in-progress TREK-AD dose-ranging eblasakimab trial for moderate to severe atopic dermatitis (eczema), plans a second study, TREK-DX, in the subpopulation of patients […]
EH: Why does atopic dermatitis tend to be more severe in Black patients? MT: There are two reasons. Number one, genetic factors. There’s a protein expressed [produced] in everybody’s skin called ceramide that helps retain moisture. The ceramide-protein ratio is lower in African Americans. So genetically, darker-skinned people are holding onto less moisture. Number two, […]