
Hydrocephalus In Infants and Adults: Treatment Options
Hydrocephalus is defined as an excessive accumulation of fluid in the ventricles of the brain. As you can imagine, any type of pressure build in the brain can cause a number...

The Most Common Neural Tube Defects: Spina Bifida, Anencephaly and Encephalocele
Unfortunately, neural tube defects are not a rare occurrence in medicine and patients need to be aware of interventions that they can try to do to make sure that they...

Broken Jaw: What Is The Recovery Time And Can It Heal On Its Own?
Overview A broken jawbone, or mandible, is an injury that may occur anywhere along the bone that extends from the chin to behind the ears. Breaking this bone may result...

What Causes Chronic Tendinitis (Tendonitis) In Multiple Joints?
Overview The tendons are thick, fibrous cords of tissue that connect muscles to the bones of the body. When these tendons are exposed to repetitive movements or minor trauma and...

Treatment Options For A Jaw Bone Infection (Osteomyelitis)
What is Osteomyelitis? The term Osteomyelitis refers to inflammation of the bone which prevents normal healing after an injury or indirect trauma. It can be caused in almost any part...

Muscle, Tendon, Joint, Or Ligament Pain And Weakness During The Postpartum Period: Why?
Weakness and pain around joints, ligaments, and tendons in the postpartum period is not unusual — whether you look around SteadyHealth or other online places where women who have recently...

Muscle Weakness Due To Necrotizing Myopathy
What is necrotizing myopathy? Necrotizing myopathy or also referred to necrotizing autoimmune myopathy is a rare muscular disease that is believed to be caused by a malfunction of the body’s...

How to treat pulled shoulder blade muscle?
Overview The shoulder blade, otherwise referred to as the scapula in medicine, is a flat, triangle-shaped bone that connects the bone of the upper arm (humerus) with the collarbone (clavicle). Pathology ...

What Can, Besides A Physical Injury, Cause Collarbone And Shoulder Pain?
Dental pain is referred to different parts of the head and neck, which is why the teeth are often suspected in case of a sudden pain in the region. The...

Floating Rib Pain
Everybody has floating ribs. A rib is said to be floating if it is not attached to the breast bone (sternum), and it's not attached to another rib, either. There...