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Lawson Thompson was just weeks old when mum Natasha Strickland noticed his head seemed to be an odd shape. Strickland and her partner Jamie Thompson, of the Brisbane suburb of Wavell Heights, had ...

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Fossils unearthed during construction of a water pipeline in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia have revealed one of the oddest ...

Diabetes not only results in stroke or cardiovascular disorders but also damages bones and joints. Hyperglycemia or excess blood glucose level is the main cause of bone weakening, pain in joints ...

While the common ancestor of vertebrates with synovial joints is still a mystery, the oldest specimen with evidence of these ...

Over time, this can lead to the growth of bone-forming and connective tissue-forming cells in the nails that causes finger clubbing. Sometimes secondary nail clubbing can have causes that are ...

Some conditions cause the finger or toe joint tissue to thicken, making movement difficult. This may affect how the joint bends and may feel like it is locking up. A person may also experience ...

This claw is actually three-dimensional and forms a sheath around the underlying finger bone, similar to what we see in the paws of dogs and cats.” The researchers think the claws were an ...