Health & Wellness

Osteomyelitis, an infection of the bone, is far more common than most people assume. In the United States alone, more than 50,000 new cases are diagnosed each year, and countless…

Perthes disease is a rare childhood condition that affects the hip, specifically the femoral head, which is the ball portion of the hip joint. It occurs when blood supply to…

Nystagmus can be easy to overlook because it does not always look dramatic at first. Some people notice their eyes moving side to side, up and down, or in small…

Eyes are often called the windows to the soul, and it’s easy to see why beyond ordinary brown, blue, and green, a handful of extraordinary eye colors exist that only…

Mumps is a contagious viral illness that mainly targets the salivary glands sitting near the ears. Although it shows up most often in kids, adults who catch it tend to…

The effects of single sided deafness extend beyond difficulty hearing on one side, they can also influence brain function and cognitive processing over time. Single-sided deafness (SSD) occurs when an…

Otitis Media with Effusion (OME) often called “fluid in the middle ear” is a widespread childhood condition where fluid builds up behind the eardrum without any active infection. Unlike a…

A tongue tied baby, also known as having ankyloglossia, is a condition in which the tissue connecting the tongue to the floor of the mouth (the lingual frenulum) is unusually…

Have you ever had a doctor tell you your blood pressure was high, only to check it again at home and see a completely normal number? That gap between the…

Bladder cancer is a common malignancy that develops in the tissues of the bladder, the organ responsible for storing urine. It often begins in the cells lining the inner surface…