An Exeter Hospital hand surgeon's work is connecting carpal tunnel syndrome to a rare, life-threatening heart condition— and ...

Hold out your hand and make a fist. If you're a kid, your heart is about the same size as your fist, and if you're an adult, it's about the same size as two fists. Your heart beats about 100,000 ...

Research has shown a connection between carpal tunnel syndrome and the rare heart condition amyloidosis. Dr. Jessica Peelman, an orthopedic surgeon, has been biopsying hand tissue during carpal ...