Supplementing with vitamin D during pregnancy may lower a newborn's risk of developing eczema. Atopic eczema in infants up to age one may be considerably reduced by taking vitamin D supplements during pregnancy, suggests a recent study by physicians at the University of Southampton. In the first year after birth, kids of mothers who took 1000 international units (IU) of vitamin D daily from 14 weeks of pregnancy until delivery were less likely to develop atopic eczema, according to a study that was published in the British Journal of Dermatology. Infants who later drank breastmilk for more than a month may more clearly see the effect. Chronic inflammatory atopic eczema may adversely affect patients, their families, and the medical system. Over the past few decades, atopic eczema has become more prevalent globally, with an estimated one in six children between the ages of one and five suffering from it. The first randomized, controlled trial to show evidence of a decreased risk of a...