Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Germs living on your skin are not all bad, and researchers now believe they play an important role in protecting us from UV rays.

Dr Tanveer Singh Chohan, a consultant dermatologist at St Michael's Dermatology Clinic, and cosmetic aesthetics doctor Dr Ed ...

The skin microbiome plays an important role in health and disease. Researchers have now substantiated that certain skin bacteria can protect us from the sun's ultraviolet (UV) radiation specifically ...

In a study recently published in PLoS Pathogens, researchers at AIMES, The Center for the Advancement of Integrated Medical and Engineering Sciences at Karolinska Institutet, have identified one of ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Bacteria live on everyone's skin, and new research shows some friendly germs produce natural antibiotics that ward off their disease-causing cousins. Now scientists are mixing the ...

Skincare experts advise how to look after it during festival season.

Imagine a child with eczema who scratches a patch of irritated skin. A tiny opening forms, invisible to the eye. Into that breach slips a common bacterium, Staphylococcus aureus. For many people, the ...

Researchers in Europe have developed a unique weapon against one of humanity’s most frustrating and ubiquitous skin ailments. Rather than relying on cleaners, creams, ointments, or oral antibiotics, ...

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Scientists at the National Central University, Taiwan, have explored the relationship between skin microbiota and brain cognitive functions using electroencephalography and machine learning methods.