Conditions

The coccyx is a small bone made of several fused vertebrae at the very bottom of the spine, between the buttocks.

The temporomandibular joint links the lower jaw to the skull just in front of the ear: put your fingers there and open your mouth, and you will feel the head…

A tendon is the tough cord that ties a muscle to a bone. Every bit of force the muscle produces travels through it, which is why tendons hurt in people who…

Pain on the outside of the elbow that makes it hard to lift a mug, turn a key or shake someone's hand is nearly always the same condition.

This is the commonest headache there is: most people will have one at some point in their lives.

Testicular cancer is a tumour that grows from the tissue of the testicle itself. Among malignant tumours as a whole it is uncommon, yet in men between…

Tetanus is a severe illness in which the muscles of the whole body are gripped by painful spasms and a person can die because they stop breathing.

Thalassaemia is not one disease but a whole group of inherited conditions in which the body builds haemoglobin wrongly.

A cold is not one illness but a collective name for dozens of viruses that set up home in the nose and throat.

Between the base of the neck and the armpit there is a short, tight corridor. Through it the nerves of the brachial plexus, the subclavian artery and the…