'ECZEM A affects one in five children. It causes patches of dry, itchy red and flaking skin which can flare up and affect large areas of the body.

There is no cure for eczema yet, but scientists at Dundee University have recently discovered a malfunctioning gene present in many sufferers that causes a breakdown of the normal skin barrier.

COSMETIC surgery is not as popular as you think - more than half of British women would refuse it even if money was no object. In a study for teeth whitening kit Vitint Safe & White more than 500 women were quizzed and 53 per cent said they wouldn't have cosmetic surgery "under any circumstances".

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