The thumb is one of five digits on each hand, but it has a different shape and function from the other digits. However, most medical guides refer to the thumb as a finger. Also known as the pollex or ...

Pain in your thumb and wrist may develop from arthritis, de Quervain tenosynovitis, injuries, and other causes. Joint pain in your wrist and thumb are two common symptoms of many conditions, such as ...

Having an extra thumb on one hand may boost your manual dexterity, but wouldn't it be hard to learn to use? Not according to a new study, which found that the majority of a wide variety of people got ...

An experiment in which 36 people were fitted with a robotic third thumb has demonstrated the brain’s uncanny ability to adapt and leverage an entirely new body part, and in ways the researchers are ...

An adult might suck their thumb due to stress, anxiety, or age regression. The effects of this habit over time may include blisters or issues with the teeth. Many children stop sucking their thumb at ...

Picking up and holding your new little bundle of joy helps both of you bond and relax. But it also works muscles you never knew you had! In some cases, the repetitive strain and movement of lifting ...

A machinery accident left a 25-year-old man with a mangled hand, but doctors got creative to save his thumb. Mike Hindle via Unsplash When patients experience extreme trauma, sometimes doctors have to ...

Most children typically ditch their thumb-sucking habit between the ages of 2 and 4, with some quitting earlier, by 6 or 7 months old. But if they're still sucking at 5, the American Academy of ...

If you’ve ever “flipped the bird,” you have something in common with ancient Greeks. It was around 2,500 years ago that the naughty Greeks developed a phallic gesture to offend, taunt and literally ...