When treating severely broken bones, doctors want new bone tissue to grow back as fast as possible, and they also want to keep the wound site from becoming infected. Scientists have developed an ...

Studies have already shown that electrical stimulation helps heal wounds, including broken bones. Scientists have now developed what could be a better way of delivering electricity to such bones, in ...

Last week, we took a quick look at bones by size, structure and type. Now comes the painful part, where we take a nice trip to the hospital and explore what happens when you break those bones. We’re ...

Breaking a bone is a scary experience for anyone. It can be especially frightening for children and their caregivers. As kids are back at school and ready to hit the playground, Drs. Matthew Bueche ...

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If you’re one of the 8 million American women with osteoporosis, your doctor has probably talked to you about treatment options to slow the disease’s progression and keep your bones in tip-top shape.

Older adults that break their hip bones are less likely to be alive five years later than if they had been diagnosed with cancer, according to a new study that underscores the severity of falls. The ...