Your nails might seem like a purely cosmetic detail, but doctors often see them as tiny windows into your overall health.

As we focus on skincare, haircare, and overall wellness, nails often get overlooked—until they split, peel, discolor, or ...

Subungual melanoma is a rare subtype of melanoma that usually originates and spreads from the nail matrix. Because of its poor prognosis and short matrix-to-bone distance, amputation has been ...

We’ve all broken a nail or two from tearing through an Amazon box or experienced some mild peeling after mindlessly picking off a gel manicure during a meeting, but if you’re noticing small ...

Clinical presentation: Pitting, nonspecific onycholysis (lifting of the nail from the nail bed), hyperkeratosis (thick nails), and yellowish-brown spots under the nail plate should prompt ...

(HealthDay News) – Intraoperative reflectance confocal microscopy (RCM) can be used to diagnose melanonychia striata in the nail matrix. Sébastien Debarbieux, MD, of the Centre Hospitalier Lyon Sud in ...

Nail psoriasis is a common condition that affects individuals with psoriasis, manifesting in changes to the nails that can range from mild to severe. Psoriasis typically affects the skin, but up to 50 ...

Quitting nail biting can be as difficult as quitting smoking. According to the NIH, the habit (“onychophagia”) is a chronic condition that is repetitive and compulsive in nature. “Stress, anxiety, ...

Maybe you first noticed them while you were painting your nails and the polish didn’t go on smoothly — those dents that run from one side of the nail to the other and create little valleys where the ...

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