France's best tennis player Ugo Humbert emerged from the final at the Paris Masters targeting more shots at glory on the ...

Medically reviewed by Daniel Combs, MD Lice are parasites that survive on your body by living off your blood. Three types of lice impact humans: head lice, body lice, and pubic lice. Head lice, the ...

Also caused by dermatophytes, tinea on the body or scalp is also often called ringworm, due to the ring-shaped rash it can cause, but it is unrelated to any actual worms. Tinea of the feet, also ...

A dermatologist then examined him, noting a few red papules on his chest with central crusts and nonscarred balding patches on his scalp with central erosions with crusts. Citalopram was increased ...

A: It certainly sounds like raccoons are the culprits — they’re good at standing on their hind legs and tipping nectar ...

Maintaining the health of your scalp is vital for the overall health of your hair. The condition of your hair often reflects the state of your scalp, and achieving a healthy scalp can lead to ...

An apple cider vinegar hair rinse may offer benefits, like relieving an itchy scalp or strengthening thinning hair, but it ...

A parasitic fungus takes over the brains of flies and controls them for its own sinister ends. Here’s the science behind the ...

A mum claims doctors warned the lumps in her neck could be parasitic worms from her two adopted 'street cats' - before ...

Doctors in New York City are chronicling the first known United States cases of sexually transmitted ringworm (Trichophyton mentagrophytes).

The intensity of hair color depends on the density of pigment within the melanosome. Both eumelanin and pheomelanin are made from the amino acid tyrosine, using the enzyme tyrosinase. Increased ...

Texas A&M AgriLife Extension experts give helpful tips for how to prevent and treat damaging infestations of armyworms.