Ever touched your face and felt a bump that made you wonder what it really is? Not all skin bumps are the same. Some go away in days. Others stick around for weeks or longer. Knowing the difference ...

What Is an Abscessed Tooth? An abscessed tooth is one that is infected in or around the root, creating a pocket of pus. Anyone, from children to the elderly, can get one. If you have one, it won’t get ...

By engineering protection directly into the seed, BASF expects its new transgenic trait to deliver protection and yield benefits for soybean farmers where traditional practices and products have ...

Two U.S. cases of Paenibacillus dendritiformis infection in infants that led to severe meningitis should raise clinicians' awareness of the rare but potentially lethal emerging threat, researchers ...

Your son is almost certainly going into puberty, which would explain why he is starting to grow now. Both boys and girls show changes in their breasts at puberty. The areola or area around the nipple ...

Mark Gurarie is a writer covering health topics, technology, music, books, and culture. He also teaches health science and research writing at George Washington University's School of Medical and ...

A 17-year-old male patient presented to our hospital four months ago with complaints of cough, difficulty in breathing, and a stabbing sensation. A non-contrast thoracic computed tomography (CT) scan ...

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Dipika Kakar's husband, Shoaib Ibrahim, gave her latest health update after she underwent surgery to remove a 13 mm stomach cyst.

The objectives of this study were to report two cases of nasopalatine duct cyst and to review the relevant literature. In the first case, the lesion was approximately 1.5 cm in size and in the second ...