SUNDAY, May 16, 2021 (HealthDay News) — When checking your body for signs of skin cancer, don’t overlook your nails. The American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) points out that skin cancer — including melanoma, the deadliest type — can develop under and around the fingernails and toenails. Though it’s rare,Continue Reading
WEDNESDAY, May 12, 2021 (HealthDay News) — In rare cases, people who receive the two-dose Moderna COVID-19 vaccine may experience a red, itchy patch of skin a few days later at the injection site, a new report finds. They shouldn’t panic: This “COVID arm” reaction, although annoying, was short-lived inContinue Reading
SUNDAY, May 9, 2021 (HealthDay News) — As kids get ready for summer camp, parents might be fretting about exposure to COVID-19, but a doctors’ group says they also need to make sure their campers will be protected from allergy and asthma triggers. “The [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]Continue Reading
FRIDAY, May 7, 2021 (HealthDay News) — It’s long been known that COVID-19 is more fatal for men than women, and new research links some of that excess risk to a gene known to cause a form of hair loss in males. A U.S. team of researchers first suspected theContinue Reading
FRIDAY, May 7, 2021 (HealthDay News) — That growling dog may actually be terrified of you. Fear and age-related pain are among the reasons why dogs are aggressive toward people, a new study suggests. The findings could help two-legged folks better understand and prevent aggressive behavior, such as growling, barking,Continue Reading
TUESDAY, May 4, 2021 (HealthDay News) — You might think everybody knows how to protect themselves from the sun’s harmful rays, but a new survey reveals that one-third of Americans lack a basic understanding of sun safety and skin cancer. That’s the surprising takeaway from an American Academy of DermatologyContinue Reading
MONDAY, April 26, 2021 (HealthDay News) — A breakthrough psoriasis drug is better at treating the itchy and painful skin disease than medicines already on the market, according to results from two clinical trials. There was a “night and day difference” in the results from bimekizumab compared against two establishedContinue Reading
THURSDAY, April 22, 2021 (HealthDay News) — When wildfires choked the air and turned the skies orange throughout the American West in recent years, they caused a variety of health problems from coughs and runny noses to life-threatening heart attacks and strokes. But eczema and other skin issues were aContinue Reading
THURSDAY, April 15, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Dermatologists liken skin to a window that can reveal what is going on inside the body, and a rash that sometimes follows a COVID-19 vaccine is one example. When you get the shot, your immune system activates, preparing to recognize and fight offContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, April 14, 2021 (HealthDay News) — A U.S.-wide ban on teen use of tanning beds would prevent thousands of cases of skin cancer and save millions in health care costs, researchers say. Indoor tanning has been linked to an increased risk of melanoma — the deadliest type of skinContinue Reading