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Maureen Rae, 58, is a retired school secretary from Oxon in Oxfordshire who suffers from arthritis in her hands.

Maureen says;

“I first started getting arthritis about eight years ago. I had been out gardening and I came in and my knuckle was swollen.

Dummies are a controversial subject when it comes to baby’s health, but a new Swedish study has found that if a parent sucks a baby’s dummy it can help prevent eczema.

It is not the dummy itself but the transfer of saliva containing immune boosting microbes

Eye eczema can be caused by underlying eczema or it can be triggered by external irritants  including sun creams, fake tans, cosmetics and  contact lense solution.

Here eye eczema sufferer, Stephanie Kaoss, 24, a mature student from Middlesex, explains

Specialists are warning that plant allergeis and skin allergies will be at an all time high as pollen counts are going to be at their highest levels for 50 years due to the exceptionally late Spring this year.

The sudden pollen surge is predicted for

Rosacea is often triggered by sun and heat but some sufferers are more sensitive to the sun than others.  Here rosacea sufferer Katy Frost, 48, from Sheffield tells how the sun played havoc with her skin until she she found a cure in capers.

A new hand cream containing a natural tree resin called mastic gum can help heal dry, cracked and sore hands.

Hands are one of the extremities of the body and due to constant exposure to the elements and external irritants, they can get extremely dry,

A new  supplement containing colloidal silica, combined with Selenium, Zinc, and a clinically researched dose of Biotin can help improve the condition of skin, hair and brittle nails.

The new Qsilica supplement by Planet Health, contains several ingredients

Jackie Duffy, 58, from Surrey is a rosacea sufferer who finds any form of heat makes her skin flare up, but she found a solution with Kalme products for her rosacea.

Jackie  says:

"Any form of heat, be it direct sun or just warmth through a window or

A new anti-bacterial face wash, which is a combined cleanser/toner with a dermatologically tested formula that kills acne bacteria, has been found in a study to be effective at reducing acne.

In an independent trial of 250 people of the new cleanser,