A study reveals that leprosy patients in India face rising "multimorbidity", like diabetes and mental issues. Experts urge a ...

Fessler, a longtime correspondent for NPR whose husband’s grandfather was sent there after he was diagnosed with leprosy, ...

Researchers at the University of São Paulo analyzed a molecule capable of identifying new cases of the disease before the ...

Dr James Okello, the Nwoya district’s acting health officer, stated that their activities were characterised by high levels ...

Upset over his skin disease, a 60-year-old man committed suicide by consuming poison at his house under Misrod police station ...

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved a N17 billion community-led development fund targeting all 8,804 wards in the country. He also gave the nod for the upgrade of a key health training centre in ...

Research into ancient DNA samples has discovered that those who carry genes for red hair also are have immune benefits — but ...

Red hair and coeliac disease ‘more common due to evolution’ - ...

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Pythons are spreading north in Florida, adapting to cold by using burrows. Scientists warn Brevard County is at risk.

Young doctor hopes to see new skincare range that she developed herself, and then patented, in likes of Sephora ...