Dermatosis papulosa nigra (DPN) affects many people of colour especially as skin matures. Here's your guide to what it is and ...

Hair is resistant to digestion and isn't easily moved through the digestive system. As such, it often gets lodged in folds of ...

After having a few moles removed, I was surprised by how long the scars took to heal. Here's what I learned about ...

Even if Medicare does not cover mole removal, a person should never try to remove the mole at home. Attempting to do so could cause scarring, infection, or skin cancer cells to remain in the skin ...

Although sexually transmitted infections are still at an epidemic level in the US, scientists at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are expressing cautious optimism about some ...

The test has the potential to vastly improve care for neurological infections that cause diseases like meningitis and encephalitis, as well as speed up the detection of new viral pandemic threats.

The world's largest dam removal project to date was complete, and about 500 people came to a meadow about 10 miles south of the Klamath last month to celebrate and to look forward to the next ...

Urinary tract infections (UTIs) can be extremely painful and some women experience them frequently. Recently, media personality Abbie Chatfield posted on TikTok explaining she was starting a ...

Naked mole rats — unpretty rodents that can live for more than 30 years — seem to have quelled the genetic ghosts that haunt other mammalian genomes. In mammals, roughly half the genome ...

Guidelines to help prevent the spread of infection in healthcare settings. These guidelines were developed by the Public Health Agency of Canada with the support of the National Advisory Committee on ...

Sepsis, which is also called blood poisoning, is the body's severe reaction to an infection. A rash, changes in mental state, fever, and low blood pressure are four early signs of sepsis.