In a wind-swept stretch of Morocco’s Middle Atlas Mountains, paleontologists digging through Jurassic-era stone have ...

Three risk assessment tools struggled to detect osteoporosis based on bone mineral density T-scores among women aged 50 to 64 years, researchers reported in a study published in JAMA Network Open.

People with the bone disease osteoporosis who break their femoral neck bones die about as often as people with malignant cancer. One doctor warns of ...

Researchers have found that proteins and pathways involved in inflammation are associated with changes in bone mineral density (BMD) over time. The research, could potentially lead to the ...

A Rochester man faces felony charges after allegedly kicking another pedestrian hard enough to break bones Wednesday night.

A hip fracture, also called a broken hip, is a common injury. In the United States, hip fractures are the most common broken bone that requires hospitalization; about 300,000 Americans are ...

Treatment complication rate was highest in BSIs of the femoral neck, tarsal navicular, anterior tibial shaft and fifth metatarsal; and lowest in the fibula, pubic bone and posteromedial tibial shaft.

talar neck and tarsal navicular, and in the bones of the legs, such as the anterior tibial cortex, femoral neck and femoral head. You are far less likely to suffer stress reactions in your upper ...

A radiograph showed a femoral neck valgus to the right with a normal hip joint ... the authors did not consider any surgical approach, as a possible bone elongation could result in significant ...

Regarding cementation of the femoral component, there was 1 case (0.11% ... the increased risk of intraoperative fracture due to preexisting bone fragility that culminated in neck fracture; in ...

One common type of hip fracture, a femoral neck fracture, involves the neck of the femur bone in the upper thigh. One in five femoral neck fractures is minimally displaced, meaning the bone is ...