Your subcutaneous tissue is the deepest layer of your skin. The prefix “sub” comes from the Latin word meaning under, and the word cutaneous derives from the Latin word “cutis,” which means skin.

African-American patients with connective tissue diseases such as lupus or rheumatoid arthritis are twice as likely as white patients to suffer from atherosclerotic blood vessels, which increase the ...

If you're looking to improve the appearance of your skin, you've probably come across the terms elastin and collagen. There are similarities and differences between elastin vs collagen, though. While ...

The increased deposition of connective tissue is a problem in chronic diseases of many organs such as the lungs (idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis), liver (cirrhosis), kidneys (kidney fibrosis), gut ...

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A connective tissue protein known to support the framework of organs also encourages immune responses that fight bacterial infections, while restraining responses that can be deadly in the condition ...

WHILE it is now generally accepted that the cell plays a dominant part in the fibrogenesis in connective tissues, the mechanism of the formation of the fibrils of collagen and those of elastic tissue ...

Swedish massage and deep tissue massage are two popular forms of massage. Differences include technique, uses, and benefits. Swedish massage uses long strokes and light-to-firm pressure to provide ...