Fibrillin-1 mutations have also been found in patients who do not fulfil clinical criteria for the diagnosis of Marfan syndrome, but have related disorders of connective tissue, such as isolated ...

Patients with Marfan syndrome (MFS) are at a high risk of type B aortic dissection (TBAD). Aortic growth and elongation have been suggested as risk factors for TBAD. Vascular deformation mapping is an ...

Carpal tunnel syndrome is a condition in which compression of a nerve in the wrist—the median nerve—produces tingling, numbness, weakness, and pain in the hand and fingers. Treatment for carpal tunnel ...

It turns out certain hand and wrist symptoms can be a sign of carpal tunnel syndrome, which is the compression of the median nerve in the carpal tunnel, a passageway in your wrist. "The ...

According to the Marfan Foundation, Marfan syndrome is a genetic disorder that affects the body’s connective tissue by causing a defect or mutation in the gene that tells the body how to make a ...

An Aussie woman has ended her own life under NSW's euthanasia laws after years of living with a chronic illness. Kay Henderson, 47, passed away through the option of Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAD) on ...

A person’s hands may also become numb during sleep due to carpal tunnel syndrome or other underlying forms of nerve damage. This article discusses the potential causes of numbness in the hands ...

Rare diseases - a medical condition so obscure that even your doctor has to Google. Despite their name, these diseases ...

Nerve disorders that cause inflammation, irritation, and compression of the peripheral nerves that travel to the hands and feet can cause conditions like carpal tunnel syndrome (compression of the ...