The retelling of “The Color Purple,” due to hit theaters on Christmas Day, will either put fresh bruises on our collective psyche or add new shades of understanding to the Black experience, depending ...

Bruises, like people, come in all shapes and shades. Depending on a person’s skin tone, bruises also can be difficult to see. For victims of domestic violence and sexual assault, this means it can be ...

When someone comes into a hospital and alleges abuse, forensic nurses traditionally look for signs of bruising with the naked eye. However, because pigment in darker skin is closer to the skin’s ...

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WE’VE all been there… an explained deep purple mark appearing out of seemingly nowhere, on your arm the morning after the ...

Abishek Santhakumar is affiliated with the Graham Centre for Agricultural Innovation, Charles Sturt University. Hi Francesca, thanks for sending in this great question. If you fall off your bike or ...

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Bone bruises occur with an injury to the surface of the bone and can cause a bruise to appear on your skin. The pain tends to last longer than with typical bruises. When you think of a bruise, you ...