From the outside, it often seems harmless, but for those affected, it can be more than just a cosmetic issue: Pectus ...

The notorious "elephant man" may have suffered from two rare disorders, according to scientists. They believe Joseph Merrick, who lived in Britain more than 100 years ago, could have suffered from ...

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Knock knee (also called "knock-knee deformity," "knock-knee syndrome," "knocked knee" or "genu valgum") is an incorrect alignment around the knee that can affect can people of all ages. Over time, the ...

The 23-year-old man developed the condition due to substance abuse over many years. Also known as floppy head syndrome, it is a condition where there is severe weakness to the neck muscles and so ...

I was born with Klippel-Trenaunay Syndrome, a congenital vascular disorder that means I have a massive fatty deformity on my back and torso, along with a giant port-wine stain, legs that are ...

Down syndrome communities have built strong followings on social media, using well-known hashtags like #DownSyndrome and #DownSyndromeAwareness to connect and share their stories.

Breeders made difficult decisions and the industry is better for it. Beginning in 2008, researchers, in collaboration with the American Angus Association, investigated abnormal calves believed to fit ...

Haglund’s deformity is a bony ridge or bump that appears on the back of the heel bone, where the Achilles tendon attaches to the heel. Changing footwear and stretching exercises may help, but ...

FOR centuries, gout has been shrugged off by many as a rich, wine-guzzling old man’s disease. And when Henry VIII was diagnosed with it, it became firmly entrenched in popular belief as ‘a tu… ...

New generations of Australian families suffering deformities and early deaths because of ‘genetic transfer’ GENERATIONS of Australians have suffered tumours, missing bones and early deaths.