A very small selection of the 200+ products that were entered into this year's FreeFrom Skincare Awards – and which we spent two very long, balm-filled and fragrant days judging last week. By the end of day two my right arm had been 'polished' (with the aid of salt, sugar and nut …
Eczema
Bioinitiative Report 2012 and ‘bad science’
Why would the CEO of Belgacom, Belgiums' equivalent of BT, have banned wifi from his 27th floor office, preferring to use wired connections, ask callers to call him back on his land line rather than his mobile and warn children that they should turn off their mobile phones at …
It’s all ‘go’ at Skinsmatter….
Just in case we had not told you before..... The FreeFrom Skincare Awards 2013 opened for business yesterday! Anyone wanting to know more about them should check in at the awards site - www.freefromskincareawards.co.uk - where our rather smart new 'count down clock' will tell you …
You got eczema – and love rhubarb?….
If so, you are on a winner! According to this bit of research from the College of Pharmacy in Chunchon, Korea, rhubarb can ease eczema – or to quote them in full, Inhibition of experimental atopic dermatitis by rhubarb (rhizomes of Rheum tanguticum) and 5-lipocygenase inhibition …
Obtaining ‘freefrom’ prescription drugs
A couple of months ago we ran an updated version of an archive article on obtaining prescription drugs whose excipients (non-active ingredients such as fillers, capsules and colourings) were free of lactose, starch, corn, azo dyes, sugars etc – a major problem for those with …