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Jock Itch

If you don’t treat jock itch, it can last months. But over-the-counter medicines called antifungals can usually clear it up in a few weeks. Don't w...

What's The Treatment for Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer?

If you’ve just been diagnosed with nonmelanoma skin cancer, be glad you and your doctor caught it. Your doctor may suggest freezing off the cancero...

Metastatic Melanoma

Melanoma is a type of skin cancer. If you haven’t already been diagnosed with melanoma, your doctor will do a skin exam. In this test, the doctor i...

Understanding Skin Cancer -- Diagnosis and Treatment

In rare cases where basal cell or squamous cell carcinoma has begun to spread beyond the local skin site, the primary tumors are first removed surg...

Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is the second most common form of skin cancer. Unlike other types of skin cancer, it can spread to the tissues, bones...

Basal Cell Carcinoma

Basal cell carcinoma is a cancer that grows on parts of your skin that get a lot of sun. It's natural to feel worried when your doctor tells you th...

Skin Cancer Treatment

Nicotinamide (vitamin B3) 500 mg twice daily helps to reduce the incidence for squamous cell and basal cell skin cancers by 23%. Also studies sugge...

Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF)

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a serious lung disease. But doctors don't know what causes IPF. IPF is hard to tell apart from other lung di...

What is Cystic Lung Disease?

If your doctor tells you that you have cystic lung disease, it means you have one of a group of conditions that cause lung cysts -- sacs of tissue ...

What is a Pulmonary Embolism?

Your blood goes from your heart to your lungs through your pulmonary artery. These clots develop when the blood can’t flow freely through the legs ...

Tuberculosis (TB)

Tuberculosis (TB) is a contagious infection that usually attacks your lungs. Tuberculosis is caused by bacteria that spread through the air, just l...

Understanding Sarcoidosis -- The Basics

Although it is rare, death from sarcoidosis can occur if the disease causes serious damage to vital organs, such as the brain, lungs, or heart.