Your skin is in a constant state of reinvention. Every month, your body sheds and regenerates its entire outer layer—a ...

A research team led by the Medical University of Vienna has gained new insights into how ticks influence the human immune ...

The Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Study 2021 reported 44.84 million disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) because of skin and subcutaneous diseases. Researchers utilized data from the GBD Study 2021 ...

Air pollution contributes to skin aging, atopic dermatitis, acne, psoriasis, hair loss, and skin cancer through oxidative stress and inflammation. Particulate matter and gaseous pollutants disrupt ...

Scientists have created a human skin map which provides a “recipe” to build skin and might help prevent scarring. The study ...

Trichophyton mentagrophytes type VII is a drug resistant fungus that causes skin disease in animals and humans. The fungus is acquired through sexual contact, according to the CDC. The infection is ...

A new book looks at the health links between animals and humans. June 12, 2012— -- intro: Dr. Barbara Natterson-Horowitz is a sort of modern day Dr. Dolittle. For the past six years, the UCLA ...

When it comes to accurately diagnosing a disease, you might think you need expensive, high-tech machinery and equipment capable of looking deep beneath the skin at what’s going on in the body. But ...