The pale half- moon shape at the base of your nails, called the lunula, is more than just a nail feature. It can reflect how well your body is functioning. This article explains what the lunula means, ...

A toxic substance that breeds bacteria, threatens your health, and destroys the planet at the same time? Could such an awful monstrosity truly be real? Well, yes — and it's on your nails! Kansas mayor ...

Isabella Cueto covers the leading causes of death and disability: chronic diseases. Her focus includes autoimmune conditions and diseases of the lungs, kidneys, liver (and more). She writes about ...

Herpetic whitlow is a painful cutaneous infection that presents as a periungual blister that has the appearance of coalescent tapioca-like vesicles. These vesicles may become turbid and opaque-colored ...

As part of the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD 2021), we analysed estimates for depressive disorders, anxiety disorders, bipolar disorders, schizophrenia, autism ...

Diagnosing conditions of the nail can be confounding. Patients may experience delays in treatment due to challenges in diagnosis. While the nail may seem like a cosmetic concern, nail diseases can ...

Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) represent chronic inflammatory multisystemic disorders that primarily involve the gastrointestinal tract. Patients with ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn’s disease ...

Maine has reported 3,035 cases of Lyme disease so far in 2024, as of December 3, which is the highest on record. The state is among the top 10 states with the highest rates of the disease in the U.S., ...

Elizabeth Cooney became STAT’s cardiovascular reporter in April with one fundamental question in mind: Why do we have so much cardiovascular and metabolic disease, and how can we do better? Elizabeth ...

Nailfold capillaroscopy identifies distinct changes in capillary density, length, and morphology in patients with conditions such as nail psoriasis, onychomycosis, and retronychia. The single-center, ...