I’M pleased to be back after taking a break from writing this column. The aim, as always, is to provide useful medical information that helps you to look after yourselves and make informed decisions ...

A child was enjoying a holiday in Mexico when he suddenly felt something crawling in his ear - only to discover a live crab had lodged itself inside his ear canal ...

Experts discourage internal ear cleaning, especially with cotton swabs, due to the risk of pushing wax deeper, causing ...

A small Queensland mining town is the latest to record a case of measles, raising concerns about the virus spreading quickly.

Personal care and hygiene items can harbor bacteria, viruses and fungi that cause infection. Doctors reveal which items they ...

According to reports, cases of measles in America were driven largely by imported cases and spread through the local ...

Conor Barfuss was sitting poolside at a hotel in St. George, Utah, last June when everything turned on its ear for the ...

There’s a good chance that you haven’t heard about a rare condition called chromhidrosis. In a nutshell, the person afflicted with the disease produces colored sweat, from yellow to green, even red ...

Patients with Melkersson–Rosenthal syndrome (MRS) experience prolonged periods of functional impairment due to partial or ...

If you’ve ever had a strange feeling at the back of your throat—maybe a little discomfort, a bad taste in your mouth, or ...

The Stratus strain is spreading rapidly and causes "peculiar symptoms" on top of the typical signs associated with Coronavirus. Stratus has two variants.