What would you recommend? An overgrowth of the yeast Pityrosporum ovale can cause caking and itching on the scalp and skin. Sugar contributes to this issue by overfeeding the yeast (and bacteria ...

A patent foramen ovale or PFO is a defect in the wall between the two upper chambers of the heart. This defect is actually an incomplete closure of the atrial wall that results in a flap or valve-like ...

Nikki A. Levin, MD, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Dermatology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA. Note: The author reported no actual or potential ...

A 40-year-old man presented with a 1-year history of a red scaly eruption in the scalp, behind the ears, and in the nasal alae. The eruption in the scalp was slightly pruritic. There was relative ...