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Melanoma develops in the cells that produce melanin, the pigment that gives the skin its colour. Skin cancer is one of the most common forms among all types of cancer. Symptoms of skin cancer depend upon its types. There are three types of…

Recently, small scabs and blotches have appeared all over my bald head. A dermatologist prescribed Efudix 5 per cent cream; another, Solacutan 3 per cent gel. Neither has worked and I’m at my wits’ end.Mervyn Gilbert, Woodford Green,…

Canada and the United States are facing “rough patches” in their democracies as populist, authoritarian movements continue to find traction among Western countries, says the American ambassador. But in an interview with The West…

To mark her momentous occasion, the most special one indeed, Alia Bhatt chose to personalise her mehendi ensemble with a sustainable approach. Designed by ace fashion designer Manish Malhotra, the gorgeous fuchsia pink trousseau featured…

Sri Lanka skipper Dimuth Karunaratne felt that his side paid the price for not being consistent enough through the series. “As a team we did well in patches,” he said at the post-match presentation. “But we couldn’t capitalise on those…

“Wear pimple patches under your face mask,” read a cardboard sign held by Dude With Sign in a meme I once spotted on K-beauty site Soko Glam's Instagram page. First it got a chuckle out of me, but then I started thinking: In the age of…

On Wednesday, Apple released the 15.2.1 version of iOS, a minor update to the mobile operating system that fixes bugs, including a denial-of-service vulnerability previously reported by The Verge. The 15.2.1 patch addresses a…

Under-eye patches may have won over Instagram thanks to everyone from Victoria Beckham to Kaia Gerber and Cindy Crawford, but as it turns out, the double-tap-worthy treatment packs a serious skin-care punch. Though not intended for everyday…

Around 12,000 years ago, something scorched a vast swath of the Atacama Desert in Chile with heat so intense that it turned the sandy soil into widespread slabs of silicate glass. Now, a research team studying the distribution and…

Mice were injected either via the patch over the course of two minutes, or with a syringe. The immune systems of those who got the patch produced high levels of neutralising antibodies after two doses, including in their lungs, vital to…