For years, the diagnosis of scabies has relied on time-consuming and intrusive full-body examinations. Now, researchers reporting in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases have found that an exam of just a ...

As summer nears and more people prepare to go out in the sun, a dermatologist and dermatopathologist discusses the conflicting recommendations over full body skin inspections. As rates of skin cancer, ...

It’s not every day that Pepper the orangutan gets her health exams, but when she does it draws a crowd. Pepper, 43, had her five-year checkup Tuesday at the Virginia Zoo. She and the three other ...

For years, the diagnosis of scabies has relied on time-consuming and intrusive full-body examinations. Now, researchers have found that an exam of just a patient's hands, feet and lower legs may have ...