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WASHINGTON, DC (Nov. 1, 2024) — Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) again finalized cuts to the physician fee schedule for 2025 for the fifth consecutive year, further hindering patient ...

I was a counselor (“camp mom”) for the younger girls’ cabin at Camp Discovery in Massachusetts, and from the moment I met my campers, I could tell camp was special. Return campers gushed about their ...

ROSEMONT, Ill. (Oct. 29, 2024) — With the growing popularity of beauty influencers and viral skin care routines, social media is playing an integral role in shaping how people care for their skin.

A rash from poison ivy, poison oak or poison sumac is caused by an oil found in these plants called urushiol. When this oil touches your skin, it often causes an itchy, blistering rash. Most people ...

Do you know how to spot skin cancer? In this video, the American Academy of Dermatology used an ultraviolet camera to show people the sun damage hidden underneath their skin. While you can’t see all ...

Skin cancer is the most common cancer in the United States, and it only takes one blistering sunburn during childhood or adolescence to nearly double a person’s chance of developing melanoma – the ...

If you have what feels like razor bumps or acne on the back of your neck or scalp, you may have acne keloidalis nuchae. Find out what can help. A dermatologist is a medical doctor who specializes in ...

If you’ve already read “What exactly is a birthmark?,” you already know birthmarks come in many shapes and sizes. Here you’ll see what the different types of birthmarks can look like. What it looks ...

Both the CDC and the FDA warn against treating this common childhood condition on your own with non-prescription treatments. See what they recommend.