Nails grow out of deep folds in the skin of the fingers and toes. As epidermal cells below the nail root move up to the surface of the skin, they increase in number. Those closest to the nail root get ...

Common symptoms include pain, stiffness, swelling or numbness in the wrist and fingers. Pitted nails, painful ulcers or thickened skin that makes bending the fingers difficult may also occur. Here are ...

A woman faces leaving her four children without a mother after a subtle change in her fingernail turned out to be aggressive skin cancer that spread to her brain. Kelly Heather, 38, from Kent ...