A lurking health condition may be at your fingertips – literally. Your nails can provide clues to other health conditions, and specialists at MedStar Washington Hospital Center can help with treating ...

Yellow, crumbly nails could signal more than ageing. Here’s how to spot nail fungus early before it gets worse.

Paronychia is a skin infection that develops around the nail. It occurs when bacteria or fungi get under the skin. Paronychia can result from biting or chewing the nails, but it is more common when ...

A disappearing nail bed is a reduction of the nail bed, or skin beneath your nail. Injuries, infections, and certain health conditions are all possible causes. A nail bed consists of the skin directly ...

Nail fungus and nail psoriasis are two conditions that affect the nails. They have similar symptoms, and you can have both fungus and psoriasis at the same time, but they are different and have ...

A doctor had to remove a fingernail that became lodged in between the gum tissue and front tooth of a 10-year-old boy, highlighting the need for clinicians to monitor and discourage nail biting, ...

There is a reason doctors still begin examinations with a simple look at the hands. Long before blood tests, scans, and health trackers became common, physicians often relied on visible signs from the ...