Subscribe now

skin

Health

Having naturally high vitamin D levels may protect against psoriasis

Being genetically predisposed to having high vitamin D levels has previously been linked to a reduced risk of multiple sclerosis. Now, researchers have found the same link for psoriasis

News

Subscriber-only

Health

Two brain pathways identified that govern the urge to itch

News

Subscriber-only

Health

Banishing wrinkles could boost healthy ageing – so who pays the bill?

Leader

Subscriber-only

A middle-aged, blue-eyed, Caucasian person's eye looks to the side while smiling with wrinkled skin.
The wrinkled left side of William McElligott's face after being exposed to the sun

Health

The radical new theory that wrinkles actually cause ageing

Features

Subscriber-only

Health

Protein fragments that repair skin damage could be added to cosmetics

News

Free

A transmission electron micrograph of Staphylococcus epidermidis, one of two bacteria associated with a loss of collagen in older women

Health

Your skin microbiome may influence the wrinkles you develop with age

News

Subscriber-only

Closeup dark spots melasma pigmentation skin on face asian woman. Problem skincare and health concept.

Health

Anti-wrinkle patch uses microneedle injections to restore skin

News

Subscriber-only

Turmeric supplements have become increasingly popular after small studies suggested their active ingredient may ease some inflammatory conditions

Health

Turmeric supplements have been linked to liver damage in five people

News

Free

A female Aedes aegypti mosquito may be attracted to people with more carboxylic acids in their sweat

Health

Acids in our body odour make some people more attractive to mosquitoes

News

Free

Mind

Why itching can be contagious: Reflex pathway is identified in mice

Contagious itching may have evolved as a survival mechanism, such as by alerting other animals in the group that a parasite could be circulating

News

Free

Watching someone itch can trigger the same impulse in others

Technology

Scientists covered a robot finger in living human skin

News

Free

Humans

'Viking skin' nailed to medieval church doors is actually animal hide

News

Subscriber-only

Health

Antibiotic-resistant acne could be treated by phage therapy

News

Subscriber-only

Health

Anti-ageing technique makes skin cells act 30 years younger

News

Free