While we may pay attention to the skin on our arms, legs and face, we tend to forget about the skin on our scalp. Your scalp's overall health is as essential as the skin on the rest of your body.
There are several things that can cause diarrhea. Most of the time, diarrhea is simply your gut's way of getting rid of a harmful invader, like a bacteria or virus.
We've known that viral infections can be associated with neurological disorders for years. Fortunately, these conditions are now rare or nearly nonexistent, thanks to routine immunizations.
Hair loss is quite common in females, affecting more than 50% of women at some point in their lives and approximately 80% of women by age 80. Learn more.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there are now over 5,000 confirmed cases of monkeypox (orthopoxvirus) in the United States, and cases are growing globally.
Many studies of what we call long COVID-19 are underway around the world as scientific and medical communities work to understand more about the virus and its long-term effects. More is being learned every day.
Around a million diagnosed cases of shingles (herpes zoster) occur annually in the United States. You may have seen Justin Bieber's 2022 Instagram video announcing he had one type of Ramsay Hunt syndrome, a neurological disorder brought on by the same virus that causes chickenpox and shingles.