Pretibial myxedema, also called thyroid dermopathy or localized myxedema, is characterized by asymptomatic, cutaneous induration of the skin attributable to accumulation of acid mucopolysaccharides ...

Your skin color may influence how safe and effective a given drug is for you, a new analysis suggests. In a recent think piece, published Oct. 9 in the journal Human Genomics, scientists examined a ...

In the midst of the Civil Rights Movement, the maker of Crayola Crayons had an awakening. It realized the terribly inaccurate and insensitive choice of naming one of its colors “flesh” and, in 1962, ...