Collagen provides structural support to connective tissues like skin and bones. Collagen supplements may help to reverse signs of aging as we make less collagen as we age. There are five main types of ...

Mixed Connective Tissue Disease is classified as an autoimmune disease in which the body’s defense system, meant to protect against infections, mistakenly attacks its own connective tissues, ...

Recent research from the Medical University of South Carolina laboratory of Russell Norris, Ph.D., challenges the notion that hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (hEDS) is an isolated connective tissue ...

Dr. Cortney Gensemer (left) and Dr. Russell Norris (right) in Dr. Norris' laboratory at the Medical University of South Carolina. Recent research from the Medical University of South Carolina ...

The U.S. Social Security Administration has requested the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine establish an ad hoc committee to review certain heritable conditions related to ...

Last time I shared a bit of my story with my mom. Thank you for holding me in your heart with empathy and compassion. I had a bit of a vulnerability hangover, I often share other’s stories and I ...

Abstract: Artificial hands are developed and employed widely for solving challenges in present-day robotics, with an increasing number of such systems being integrated into our daily lives. For ...

Water makes up around 60% of the human body. More than half of this water sloshes around inside the cells that make up organs and tissues. Much of the remaining water flows in the nooks and crannies ...

Water makes up around 60% of the human body. More than half of this water is inside the cells that make up organs and tissues, and much of the remaining water flows in the spaces between cells. MIT ...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (CBS19 NEWS) -- UVA Health is launching a comprehensive national program specializing in Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and other connective tissue disorders. Backed by a $3M donation, ...