You cut them. Maybe paint them. And that’s about it. But in reality, your nails can give you a glimpse into your overall ...

Dear Doctors: Right after I got a manicure, the skin around two of my fingernails got red and really swollen. My roommate says it can happen when the manicurist cuts your cuticles. Is that true? You ...

Maybe you first noticed them while you were painting your nails and the polish didn’t go on smoothly — those dents that run from one side of the nail to the other and create little valleys where the ...

“Your nails can indicate benign conditions, offer insight into your mental health and can actually be a harbinger of cancer in some cases,” explained Neha Vyas, MD, a family medicine physician at ...

Finger clubbing, a change in nail shape and fingertip swelling, can be an early indicator of lung cancer, though it often appears in later stages. This condition, characterized by curved nails and ...

(NEXSTAR) – What started out as a “tiny little brown line” on one woman’s fingernail led to a rare, potentially life-threatening medical condition, one that she’s now trying to help others catch early ...

(Gray News) - A brown line on a mother’s fingernail turned out to be a rare form of melanoma, according to the Cleveland Clinic. Lauren Koltcz, 45, said she noticed a brown streak on her thumbnail one ...

A lung cancer patient had no respiratory symptoms before his diagnosis — just an odd swelling in his fingertips. Brian Gemmell, a fitness instructor from Scotland, went to see his doctor after ...