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Osteoarthritis

Osteoarthritis (OA) is a joint disease that causes the cartilage to break down and bone to overgrow or form cysts. Cartilage is a smooth, shiny mat...

Herniated Disc

The spine is made up of cylindrical bones called vertebrae. Between the bones of the spine are small discs made of a thick layer of cartilage on th...

Colic

It's appropriate that we should still call this condition by its medieval name "colic," since we know about as much about its causes today as we kn...

Sciatica

Sciatica is a pain that shoots along the sciatic nerve, radiating through the buttocks and down the back of the leg and as far as the foot. The two...

Sports Injuries

Each year, about 1 in every 25 people will seek medical help for a "sports" injury, but not all of those injuries are sustained while playing sport...

Rheumatoid Arthritis

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic condition that causes the lining of your joints or other body areas to become inflamed. As it progresses, it...

Bursitis

Bursitis is an inflammation of a bursa, which is a fluid-filled sac located near the bones around the joints and between muscle attachments at a jo...

Psoriasis

Psoriasis is a non-contagious skin disease that affects almost 10 million people across North America. About 250,000 people are diagnosed each year...

Bedsores

Bedsores are also known as pressure sores or decubitus ulcers. They form when your bone squeezes your skin and tissue against an outside surface, u...

Psoriatic Arthritis

About 2.5% of the Caucasian population has the chronic skin condition called psoriasis, while fewer people of African descent have psoriasis. 10% t...