Bibasilar atelectasis is a medical term that translates to mean the partial or complete collapse of one or both lungs. It is commonly confused with pneumothorax, another condition in which the lungs can collapse, but each arises from…

Toenail fungus, also known by its scary-sounding medical term, onychomycosis, arises from the simplest of causes. There is a type of fungi, dermatophytes, that can invade the nail bed area under certain types of favorable conditions. But…

You may have seen lecithin on a list of ingredients or assumed it was a man-made chemical concoction similar to those hard-to-pronounce ingredients often found in many processed foods today. In fact, lecithin is a powerful superfood that is…

White spots on the toenails are relatively common in both adults and children. In most cases, these spots indicate nothing more than a slight injury to the matrix – the part of the toenail where new nail is produced. However, there are…