This study linked severe obesity to diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH)-related spinal radiographic changes in patients with metabolic syndrome (MetS). Retrospective study of the effect of ...

Researchers have made a breakthrough that could lead to a better understanding of the second most common form of arthritis that, until now, has eluded scientists. Diffuse idiopathic skeletal ...

Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH) and ankylosing spondylitis (AS) are types of arthritis. They affect tough bands of tissue called ligaments in the spine. In DISH, ligaments harden into ...

Among patients with metabolic syndrome, those with vs without diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis had a significantly higher average number of Drc-spondylophytes. Roughly one-third of patients ...