Medically reviewed by Casey Gallagher, MD Key Takeaways Dry skin can cause intense itching, especially in winter. Diabetes ...

Skin cancer occurs when skin cells mutate and grow uncontrollably, most often due to ultraviolet (UV) radiation damage. While ...

Whether it's rapidly growing spot or a red, angry-looking bump that won’t go away, noticing any new or unusual changes on your skin usually raises a few red flags. Is it a pimple, a mole or at worst, ...

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While on the couch, Amy Jardon, then 40, felt an intense itching sensation between her toes. After scratching did little to ease the feeling, she pulled her sock off and look at her foot. There was a ...

Although Hodgkin’s lymphoma may cause itchy skin, a rash is very rare. A rash more commonly occurs with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Hodgkin’s lymphoma, or Hodgkin’s disease, is a blood cancer that begins ...

In 2012, Grace McGuire was diagnosed with a malignant melanoma – a type of skin cancer most commonly caused by UV radiation from sunlight, sunbeds or sun lamps – while she was 36 weeks pregnant. Then ...

It starts with a slight tingle. Then a prickle. Soon you’re frantically scratching, but when you look down at your skin, there’s… nothing there. No redness, no bumps, no rash—just normal-looking skin ...

In November 2024, New Orleans firefighters respond to a third-alarm fire on Norman C Francis Parkway. Photo courtesy New Orleans Fire Department. The majority of skin cancers are caused by ultraviolet ...