You've had a bump, blow, or knock to your body that was hard enough to damage small blood vessels under your skin. Blood leaks out of these blood vessels, called capillaries, and seeps into the ...

Karoline Leavitt said Trump’s right hand bruising came from handshakes and aspirin use, but she gave no explanation for the ...

Domestic Violence Intervention Program volunteer Jake Miller, a University of Iowa student from Arlington Heights, Ill., picks up refurbished bicycles from the Bike Library in Iowa City on Dec. 10.

A bruise is an injury to the skin or tissues just under your skin. A bruise that doesn’t go away may be a sign of an underlying condition, such as low or abnormal blood platelets or blood-clotting ...

Bruises are especially common if you play any kind of sports that can (literally) knock you on your butt, such as: sit down too hard get hit on the butt too forcefully with someone’s hand or with ...

The mysterious bruise was first noticed in February, but the White House chalked it up to Trump's frequent hand-shaking Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty; MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty President Donald Trump's ...

A bruise develops when an injury does not break the skin but still damages small blood vessels. Researchers are unsure why some bruises itch, but believe it may be due to dry skin and the healing ...

Bruising may occur for no apparent reason on the legs. Unexplained leg bruising can be due to liver disease, nutritional deficiencies, autoimmune conditions, and other disorders. Bruising often occurs ...

Kids ask a lot of questions. mental_floss has answers. This week we launched WHY?, our new series for kids and parents. We'll tackle all types of questions children have about how the world works by ...