Anna Gora

Knowing how to recognize and safely treat tick bites can help reduce your risk of developing tick-borne infectious diseases, such as Lyme disease and Rocky Mountain spotted fever.

Skin cancer, the uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells in the skin, is mainly caused by exposure to ultraviolet radiation from the sun and tanning equipment.

Lyme disease is an infection that is spread to humans through the bites of ticks carrying specific bacteria.

Discovered by sheer accident in the late 1920s, penicillin was the world's first antibiotic.

Confused by sunscreen terminology? Here is everything you need to know to understand sunscreen labels.

Experts agree that all else being equal, it is better to vape than to smoke traditional cigarettes, but e-cigarettes come with their own risks.

Sunscreens work in two ways: either by blocking harmful UV rays from reaching the skin, or by converting the rays into heat that can be released from the body.

A heart attack, or myocardial infarction, happens when oxygen-rich blood does not reach a part of the heart muscle.

The skin is the body's largest organ and performs many vital functions.

Brain freeze, or "ice cream headache," is a sudden, stabbing pain in the head caused by eating or drinking something cold.

Fibromyalgia is a chronic condition that causes pain all over the body, fatigue and poor sleep.

Male pattern baldness begins at the top of the head and progresses over time.

Endometriosis often has vague symptoms that overlap with other conditions, and there are no non-invasive ways to definitively diagnose the condition.

People who "choke" under pressure underperform in high-stakes situations out of stress and worry. But what causes this phenomenon?

Half a million men in the United States undergo a vasectomy every year. But how does this procedure work?

Blue Zones were proposed as regions with some of the oldest people in the world, though recent studies cast some doubt on the idea. Do these regions still hold insights about longevity?