The skeleton of an adult male, dating to the Early Iron Age of the Assyrian Period (B.C. 8th7th cc), recovered in South Eastern Turkey was analyzed. It reveals significant biological and cultural deformations. This so-called Zeviya Tivilki individual represents the first known record of circular-type double bandage artificial cranial deformation from the Iron Age in Anatolia. The presence of cr...

Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH) is a noninflammatory spondyloarthropathy characterized by ectopic calcification of spinal cord tissue. Its etiology possibly polygenic. However, its pathogenesis and systemic effects remain unclear. Recent studies have reported high prevalence DISH in heart failure patients. The authors investigated how the incidence severity are associated with v...