William Wadzinski | MD, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

Necrotizing fasciitis, also known as flesh-eating bacteria or flesh-eating disease, is a rare but serious infection that affects the skin and the tissues beneath it. This [...]

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a serious lung disease that causes scarring in the lungs, making it difficult to breathe. The scarring, also known as fibrosis, [...]

If you have discovered a lump or swelling under your skin, your doctor may recommend a fine needle aspiration to help diagnose the issue. This minimally invasive biopsy [...]

Several skin lesions are very common and benign (noncancerous). These include moles, freckles, skin tags, liver spots (lentigines), and seborrheic keratoses. While these [...]

Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a genetic disease that affects the lungs, pancreas, and other organs. If you or a loved one is suspected of having CF, doctors may use various tests [...]

If you've been diagnosed with high blood pressure (hypertension), your doctor may recommend the DASH diet as part of your treatment plan. DASH stands for Dietary [...]

COVID-19, a respiratory disease caused by a coronavirus, can affect your lungs, throat, and nose. For people with asthma, infection with the virus could lead to an asthma [...]

Giant cell arteritis, also known as temporal arteritis, is an inflammatory disease that affects the large and medium-sized blood vessels in the head, particularly the [...]

Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is a group of conditions that affect the interstitium, a lace-like network of tissue that supports the lungs' tiny air sacs called [...]

If you have been diagnosed with multiple myeloma, it's important to understand that even after successful treatment, the cancer may come back. This is known as a relapse [...]