A team of around 30 medical specialists huddled over a 41-year-old woman earlier this year in Los Angeles as they carefully delivered her nearly full-term baby, who had unknowingly developed behind a ...

Colleen Murphy is a senior editor at Health. She has extensive experience with interviewing healthcare providers, deciphering medical research, and writing and editing health articles in an ...

Boils are painful, pus-filled, and are caused by infections like Staphylococcus aureus. Cysts are painless, non-infectious growths filled with keratin or other substances. Antibiotics may treat boils ...