Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is a chronic inflammatory skin disease marked by painful abscesses that develop in areas where there are large numbers of sweat glands.

Australian researchers have used cutting-edge genome technologies to reveal the genetic makeup of a widespread skin parasite causing serious health problems in Aboriginal communities.

Exposure to air pollution appears to increase the chance of lentigenes, also known as liver spots, with nitrogen dioxide playing a slightly greater role than particulate matter.

Since 2010 scientists have known that people of Eurasian origin have inherited anywhere from 1 to 4 percent of their DNA from Neanderthals.

NICE - the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence - has published guidance which will help us all to enjoy the sunshine safely.

Molecular motions revealed of protein that gives blood vessels, skin their stretchability.

A new method for detection of infection in wounds could take physicians less than a minute to complete, rather than the current 24 hours it takes to plate bacteria and leave it to incubate...

Why people lose their locks in old age may be related to the aging of hair follicle stem cells, two new studies suggest.

Sunscreens that block harmful rays also prevent vitamin D creation, leaving many people deficient. A new sunscreen will soon be on sale that both protects and enables vitamin D.

An investigation into the molecular mechanisms responsible for the most common type of benign skin lesion may lead to the first nonsurgical treatment for the growths called seborrheic keratoses...