Medical Science

Pituitary adenomas are non-cancerous adenomas (tumors) which appear on the pituitary gland (a gland which secretes several hormones and helps in regulating various other important glands) in the sellar region of the brain. The adenomas which are greater than 10…
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Cyanotic congenital heart disease is a collective name for a group of heart defects at birth or neonatal stages which results in deoxygenated blood entering systemic circulation (the process of carrying blood to and fro through your body). The oxygenated…
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Habba syndrome is a bowel defect characterized by chronic diarrhea caused by a dysfunctional, yet intact gall bladder. The ailment is named after Dr Saad F. Habba, MD, a graduate of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland who has…
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Tietze syndrome is the inflammation of one or more coastal cartilages that joins your ribs to your breastbone (sternum). The first noted instance of this syndrome goes back to 1921, discovered by German surgeon Alexander Tietze. The area where ribs are…
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The scapula bone plays an integral role in the optimal functioning of the shoulder joint. Scapular dyskinesis refers to an altered motion or position of the scapula.The scapula in anatomy, also known as shoulder bone, connects the upper arm bone…
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Mrs D was devastated. She had a vague feeling of lower abdominal fullness for the past week and had discovered a lump on her cervix. She had a distant aunt who had died of cancer of the cervix and so…
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Hypnopompic hallucinations are the subject of a beautiful and terrifying masterpiece by the British painter Henry Fuselli in 1781. The painting is entitled The Nightmare and depicts a woman lying apparently lifeless and helpless while an evil figure sits on…
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