Your skin holds vital clues about your health. From thyroid issues to heart problems, discover what your skin is trying to ...

Psoriasis is a partially heritable skin disorder, the genetic basis of which is not fully understood. Here, the authors use genome-wide association meta-analysis to discover psoriasis ...

Ryan Becker from Spokane is battling a rare medical condition that has left doctors at the Mayo Clinic and Johns Hopkins ...

Their skins, lacking the necessary pigment or with uneven pigment patches, become increasingly susceptible to sunburn and ...

Michael McWhertor is a journalist with more than 17 years of experience covering video games, technology, movies, TV, and entertainment. This story was first published in Switchboard, a newsletter ...

(Web Desk) - Heartbreaking new photos reveal a 'bumpy' giraffe covered with hundreds of skin lesions due to a rare viral disease. The unfortunate creature was spotted in Kruger National Park, South ...

When a damaged area is visible on a scan, it is known as a lesion. Sometimes, people with MS remain in a stable condition, others experience symptoms that worsen rapidly, while some have symptoms ...

Keratosis pilaris, sometimes called “chicken skin,” is a common skin condition that causes patches of rough bumps to appear on the skin. These tiny bumps or pimples are dead skin cells ...

We asked skin doctors to share the weird or surprising symptoms that make them take notice. Dr. Rina Weimann constantly sees patients who come in complaining about a solitary, stubborn bump they ...

exfoliating skin lesions that itched and burned. After undergoing months of treatment with traditional therapies for erythroderma, which included the steroid prednisone, anti-itch creams ...

In the UK, 1 in 100 people are affected by epilepsy. 1 in 5 people with epilepsy have seizures caused by a structural abnormality ("lesion") in the brain. FCDs are a common structural cause of ...