The key to whether you should get any changes to your fingernails checked out is whether it appears on all your fingernails ...

“The horizontal ridges are called Beau’s Lines [deep grooved lines that run from side to side on the fingernail or the ...

A 12-YEAR-OLD boy has been left blind because he would only eat burgers and doughnuts. The unnamed child who lived in the US ...

Nail abnormalities are indicated by changes in the shape, color, thickness, and texture of the fingernails, toenails, or both ... it’s important to watch for nail changes, like dents or ridges. You ...

Nails grow at a rate of around 1mm per week - that's twice the rate of toenails - and take around six months to grow from bottom to top. As a result they act as a map revealing your physical ...

But nail psoriasis is more likely to be on just the fingernails, and fungus is more likely to affect the toenails. You can't catch nail psoriasis from someone else or spread it to other people.

Toenail fungus is caused by an overgrowth of yeast organisms. In my experience, the problem is normally a sign that yeast is active elsewhere in the body, particularly the gut. Another symptom of ...

Horizontal ridges Medically known as Beau’s lines, these deep grooved indentations run across the length of your nail. One major cause of these ridges is infection on the nail fold. Horizontal ...

Getting your first bruised toenail as a runner is often viewed as a right of passage. But why does this common ailment occur in the first place? And – rather than just accept bruised toenails ...

The boy's lack of nutrients also caused him to develop horizontal ridges on his toenails, as they had become brittle. The researchers noted that autistic children may be more likely to have ...