According to one doctor, the UK and London in particular is seeing a surge in the number of cases of the skin condition.

A mum has described the horror at hearing she had contracted a medieval skin disease that’s surging in the UK. Amanda Rushton ...

Initially Amanda Rushton thought the tiny bumps that suddenly appeared on her arms and side were nothing more than an allergy ...

AS temperatures drop and the heating goes on, many of us will experience some unwanted skin flare-ups. But an Autumn breakout ...

Scabies, a highly contagious skin infection, is spreading rapidly in Chuadanga, affecting people of all ages. Every day, ...

Medical groups say early detection leads to better treatment outcomes. Oct.1 marks the beginning of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and the American Cancer Society (ACS) is commemorating 40 years of ...

Every week neurologist Victor Sung sees people with Huntington’s disease, a rare and devastating neurodegenerative disorder, at his clinic at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. But last ...

A gene therapy injected into patients’ brains slowed progression of the disease by 75 percent, preliminary findings reported. By Dana G. Smith Preliminary results from a small clinical trial to treat ...

In the latest inspection reports published by the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA), Kilkenny Care Centre was deemed to have had a "poorly coordinated" response to an outbreak of scabies ...

The California governor's friendly interview on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” let him hammer some of his favorite talking points as his popularity grows. California Gov. Gavin Newsom appeared ...

Leucovorin is being reviewed by the FDA for treating cerebral folate deficiency, which causes developmental delays and autism-like features in children. GSK aims to update leucovorin's label for CFD ...

Lice checks were a dreaded part of my childhood — I remember anxiously waiting for the nurse to call my name for a checkup, hoping a call home wouldn’t follow (sometimes, I wasn’t so lucky). Head lice ...