When most people think of a parasite, they usually imagine something stuck in the gut, causing a stomachache

I lost a ton of hair after my dad died. Not all at once. It was more like…

I used to think my skin was fine. I’d slap on any lotion and wear sunscreen in the

You can spend a fortune on shampoos and serums and still watch your hair thin if your nights

Few skin issues cause as much head scratching as tinea. The name sounds like some little worm burrows

A friend of mine came back from a beach holiday in Thailand and phoned me a few days

I got my first proper jawline pimple at 31. Deep, sore, the kind that sits under the skin

I noticed mine in a photo. Not in the mirror, which is the annoying part. The mirror’s forgiving.

I used to think sweat was just a nuisance. Something you wipe off and forget about. Then my

A scratchy throat, a sore spot of skin, and that burning feeling when you pass urine… it’s normal

Parasites are among the oldest companions of humankind, and they have evolved remarkably clever ways of finding a

Most people never think about prolactin. Then one day their periods disappear for four months, or their sex

Few illnesses manage to be both extremely common and dangerously underestimated at the same time, but pneumonia fits

Parasites have been quietly hitching rides on cats, dogs, and livestock for as long as animals have existed,

Most people in the US or UK hear the word malaria and think of somewhere far off. A

Okay so. Receding hairline. Everyone throws that phrase around like it means one single thing, but it doesn’t,

Okay, so I’ve been meaning to write this for a while because every time someone says, “I have

I’ve been meaning to write about fungal infections for a while, mostly because I keep noticing how casually

Short answer: it depends. Which is annoying, I know. Some last a few weeks. Some hang around for

You wake up, glance at your arm, and there it is. A red patch that definitely wasn’t there