A simple splinter removal method is to clean the area, gently lift the splinter out with sterilized tweezers in the same ...

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The tick population is on the rise in North Carolina and much of the nation. Here's how to keep the blood suckers at bay.

We live in a time period where there are endless things—from at-home and day procedures to in-office treatments—that you can have done to your body and face (there are even treatments for body parts ...

MRSA is a staph infection that typically appears as a skin infection. It progresses through four healing stages: hemostasis, inflammation, proliferation, and remodeling. Healing time varies widely ...

Lindsay Curtis is a health & medical writer in South Florida. She worked as a communications professional for health nonprofits and the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of ...

While hantavirus is remains rare, dermatologists could be among the first to see patients with hantavirus infection because skin findings (petechial eruption, particularly axillary) can appear early ...

Last week U. S. scientists were sorry to hear that Felix d’Herelle, famed Canadian-born bacteriologist, had re-signed the Yale professorship of protobiology which he had held since 1928. A pioneer in ...

Pompholyx is a skin condition that causes clusters of small, fluid-filled blisters to form on the hands and feet. The blisters are described by Harvard Health as having a "tapioca-like" appearance, ...