SOUTH BEND, Ind. (WNDU) - May is Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS) Awareness Month, a time to shed light on a group of 13 connective tissue disorders that refer to a defect in the body’s collagen protein ...

One day in July 2021, my then 15-year-old daughter Poppy stumbled and fell while walking down some stairs, grazing her knee. It wasn’t a serious wound, but over the weeks it didn’t heal. Around the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Keratoconus was associated with systemic manifestations of connective tissue hyperlaxity. A systemic underlying ...

“Ewing sarcoma is part of this bigger group of cancers called sarcoma," Eward said. "What they all have in common is they arise from your connective tissues. Those are tissues that are deep inside ...

Brain fog so dense one can barely form a sentence. Histamine intolerance and mast cell activation syndrome (MCAS)—a rare ...

Kyphoscoliosis is an abnormal curvature of the spine in both the lateral — scoliosis — and forward — kyphosis — directions. It results in a complex three-dimensional shape, leading to a noticeable ...

Dercum’s disease causes growths of fatty tissue or lipomas that can be painful when pressing on nerve cells or other organs. People may also experience brain fog and fatigue. There is no cure, so the ...

The ability to extend your joints past their normal range of motion isn’t just a harmless party trick—you may be at risk for chronic pain and conditions like long COVID and POTS. Recent studies ...