Broken bones account for millions of medical visits annually in the United States alone, with approximately 6.8 million fractures occurring each year across all age groups and demographics.

Background: Early diagnosis of non-union fractures is vital for treatment planning, yet studies using bone morphometric parameters for this purpose are scarce. This study aims to create a fracture ...

P.C. ANSWER: The FRAX score is a way of combining a person’s measured bone density with clinical risk factors like age, sex and weight to provide an estimate of the fracture risk. Most ...

It causes bones to weaken, making them more prone to breaks and fractures - often without you noticing, meaning it's described as a 'silent' condition. This includes ‘fragility fractures ...

YOU might not think much about the 206 bones that make up your skeleton. That is until yours start to ache, or you suffer from a break or fracture. “Your bones are one of the most important ...

For all eligible studies we extracted data regarding the main characteristics of participants, vasculitis subtypes, number of patients with osteoporosis, number of patients with fragility fractures, ...

The discovery of 1.5-million-year-old bone tools in Tanzania suggests early human ancestors had advanced cognitive abilities and systematically crafted tools from bone much earlier than previously ...

Some more tenuous evidence suggests, however, that plant-based diets could lead to a higher risk of bone fractures or congenital urethral malformations – though some experts posit there is not ...

The bones are the oldest human fossils discovered in Western Europe, according to a study published this week in the journal Nature. The team uncovered the remains—an upper jawbone and a ...

A hip fracture is the most common broken bone that requires hospitalization. Hip fractures usually occur in older adults and may be due to trauma like a fall. Occasionally, pathologic fractures ...