Sports medicine surgeon explains why kids need timeout from their sports

While many kids dream of becoming a professional or Olympic athlete, there may be physical and emotional drawbacks to ...

From the tennis court to the pages of Vogue

Alice Dyer, 20, from Arnold, in Nottinghamshire, lives with connective tissue disorder hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, ...
IEEE

Numerical Model of Connective Tissue for Splitting Brain Fissure Simulation

Abstract: Splitting brain fissure is an important operative procedure in neurosurgeries. Arachnoid membrane that covers brain parenchyma is generally opened with sharp dissection using microscissors, ...
Medical Xpress

Changing the paradigm on hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome: Connective tissues don't tell the whole story

Recent research from the Medical University of South Carolina laboratory of Russell Norris, Ph.D., challenges the notion that hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (hEDS) is an isolated connective tissue ...
Healthline

Mixed Connective Tissue Disease: Diagnostic Tests and What To Expect

Diagnostic tests, such as blood tests, can help diagnose MCTD by looking for antinuclear antibodies, including anti-U1-ribonucleoprotein antibodies (anti-U1-RNP). The high presence of these antibodies ...