A new paper in the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, published by Oxford University Press, finds that bone fracture rates in older women differ by race, quite significantly. While researchers have ...

During a complicated bone surgery, every second matters. The longer a wound is open, the more likely it is to become infected and injured. Now picture this: Surgeons can now print a new piece of bone ...

What if the next time you broke a bone, you didn’t need screws, plates, or invasive surgery to heal? Imagine a medical adhesive so powerful it could bond fractured bones in minutes, yet gentle enough ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A human skeleton degenerating due to osteoporosis. The degeneration is the loss of height and the backwards curvature of the spine ...

A new system for fixing bone fractures, called the Bone Bolt System, has been approved for market by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the University of Utah Orthopaedic Innovation Center ...

Bone fractures are associated with a loss of one to seven years of life, a new study finds. The researchers have created a “skeletal age” calculator that clinicians can use to help boost patient ...

Credit: Getty Images. The most important aspects to proper diagnosis of nasal bone fractures are a detailed history and a timely examination. The nasal bones, with their central location on the face, ...

Six months after biomarker data lifted the prospects of Ultragenyx’s brittle bone disease treatment, newly released fracture figures are solidifying the hype. The rare disease biotech, alongside its ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Each year, more patients are hospitalized for osteoporosis ...