A new study reveals scratching a rash has other upsides — along with the downsides your mom warned you about. The condition occurs when skin comes into contact with a substance that causes an ...

What is inflammation of the skin and what does it look like? Inflammation is the skin's response to "irritation, infection or ...

Jan. 14, 2025 — Painful skin and trouble sleeping are among the problems reported when tapering cortisone cream for atopic eczema, according to a new study. Many users consider the problems to ...

Researchers Shed Light on How to Predict Which Skin Cancer Patients Are Most Likely to Respond to Immunotherapy Jan. 8, 2025 — An international team of UK and US scientists discovered that the ...

Genital skin tags and genital warts can look similar, but the causes and treatments are different. Skin tags are usually oval or egg shaped. Genital warts can look like flat or slightly raised ...

In the early 1950s there were four vaccines routinely used in the United States: diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, and smallpox. Three of these vaccines (diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis) were ...

Kansas has experienced a significant outbreak of tuberculosis with 67 active infections and even more latent cases of the ...

It can change to blisters, as in poison ivy. The rash is itchy. Contact dermatitis is an allergic skin rash. The location of the rash may suggest the cause: Poison ivy or oak: exposed areas, such as ...

The purpose of this health advisory is to remind clinicians to consider testing for mosquito-borne arboviruses in patients presenting with unexplained flu-like symptoms, encephalitis, aseptic ...

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