When watching the Summer Olympics, take a good look at the hands of the competitive swimmers. Chances are, their fingers will be slightly spread. Now new research finds that this hand position creates ...

Doctors call it syndactyly-a medical condition in which fingers or toes are joined together. Doctors call it syndactyly-a medical condition in which fingers or toes are joined together. Alappuzha: ...

Studying our past ancestors has led to truly groundbreaking information such as why some people have allergies today and just how backstabbing led to the spread of the human race. But what’s to become ...

Alappuzha: Physical deformities are found in rare cases among people in different parts of the world, but more than limited access to medical help, superstitions and a clear lack of awareness about ...

AN INDIAN family has 140 members with webbed fingers – and they believe their affliction is the result of a CURSE from a snake god. Members of the Kannathu clan, from a small village in Alappuzha in ...

Webbed feet and hands, of course, are a common trait of swimming animals from frogs to whales. In human swimmers, the invisible web of water allows them not to propel themselves faster, but to better ...