An 8-year-old boy has written a children's book to celebrate his "superhero" orthopedic surgeon. Larry Malkin, 8, has been ...

Lyric Mariah Heard spoke with "Good Morning America" about her life as a model born with a rare birth defect and using humor ...

When people want to get taller, they wind up on Dr. Kevin Debiparshad's operating table for leg-lengthening surgery.

Shrimp cocktail makes a great finger food for holiday parties. Right? Only if you have no idea how those crustaceans were produced. Because if you did, you wouldn’t want to eat shrimp again.

But with polydactyly, an extra finger or toe grows from the limb bud. Based on the research literature, about one in 700–1,000 people born have polydactyly. Having an extra finger on the side of ...

Trigger finger can leave the finger or thumb stuck in a bent or flexed position. It happens when the protective sheath covering the tendon becomes inflamed. Surgery to cut the tendon sheath can ...

The first poster in the thread has garnered quite a strong reaction from fans who were quick to point out missing and duplicate fingers, duplicate faces, and other slightly warped details.

The disorder is called polydactyly, which causes babies to be born with extra fingers and toes as well as a range of other birth defects, according to research co-led by University of Leeds.

Having extra fingers or toes is caused by a birth defect called polydactyly. Polydactyly means “many fingers (or toes)” in Greek, and it is one of the most common congenital limb differences ...

60 years after his first comic book appearance, Spider-Man remains one of the world's most recognizable and beloved superheroes, thanks in large part to the excellent Sony and Marvel films ...

It’s sort of like a nubbin.” Tennant's rare disorder is called polydactyly, which causes babies to be born with extra fingers and toes as well as a range of birth defects, according to research co-led ...