Tetany can throw people who aren’t feeling normal — and sometimes their doctors — for a loop. In general, tetany involves overly stimulated neuromuscular activity. Tetany is an involuntary muscle ...

THE association of laryngismus, tetany and convulsions has been recognized since 1887, when Cheadle 1 referred to them as "the positive, comparative and superlative of the convulsive state in children ...

Cataracts are opaque or cloudy regions of the (normally clear) lens of the eye. Overall, about 24.4 million people in the United States are affected by cataracts, making this the most common cause of ...

This story is part of a series on the current progression in Regenerative Medicine. This piece is part of a series dedicated to the eye and improvements in restoring vision. In 1999, I defined ...

THE pathologic aspects of the atrophic form of myotonia, a chronic hereditary disease of muscle, characterized by the development of cataract with muscular and glandular dystrophy, have been ...