Some rather annoying health issues arise with constant surfing. For some reason, I am susceptible to all of them. Ear, eye, back, skin and all sorts of other little health complications come with ...

It’s that time of year. Time for my annual visit to the wonderful world of “surfer’s ear,” the layperson’s term for exostosis. Exostosis is a bony growth in the outer ear canal that is very common ...

A bone spur, also called an exostosis or osteoma, occurs when a bony growth extends beyond a bone’s usual smooth surface. Exostosis can cause chronic pain or irritation, depending on its size and ...

Multiple exostoses is a skeletal abnormality that is caused by genetic factors; this is why it is generally referred to as hereditary multiple exostoses. It is also known as multiple osteochondromas ...