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Eczema, wheeze unrelated to infants' vaccine status
Article Date: 12 Feb 2007
Vaccination against diphtheria, pertussis (whopping cough), polio virus, tetanus and Haemophilus influenzae type b in the first 6 months of life seems to have little effect on the development of eczema or recurrent wheeze at one year.

There have been concerns that vaccinations can cause diseases such as eczema in children. The team conclude that the results show that this is NOT the case in young children.

The role of gut worms in allergies
Article Date: 2 Dec 2006
Gut parasites could hold the key to increasingly common conditions such as eczema, asthma and hay fever, according to scientists at The University of Nottingham.

The paper examines links between parasites such as hookworm and allergic diseases. The paper adds further weight to the "hygiene hypothesis" which suggests that high rates of allergies and asthma result from our immune system becoming unbalanced due to improved sanitation and hygiene.

Probiotics help kids with eczema
Article Date: 4 September 2006
The Perth researchers tried to give this training by dosing children under 18 months of age with eczema with live harmless bacteria called lactobacilli – about a billion of them twice a day for two months. They came in a powder rather than yoghurt.

This study, while preliminary and small scale, implies that the probiotic idea does actually work and adds weight to the "hygiene hypothesis".