Bone is not the inert structure we often imagine. It's alive, adapting daily to load-bearing and impact. But with over 200 ...

An 82-year-old woman with a medical history of diabetes mellitus type 2 (most recent hemoglobin A1c of 10.3%), atrial ...

Mark McMorris, a Canadian professional snowboarder and three-time Olympic bronze medalist, is trying to stay young in the ...

A FIT and healthy woman who thought she’d injured herself doing household chores says her true diagnosis shocked everyone. As ...

Espino, 35, remembers the first jolt of pain in her back three months postpartum ... her bone density increased by 15% and one of her compression fractures healed. While her pain became less ...

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Compression fractures of the back are broken vertebrae (bones of the spine ... a case report. AME Case Rep. 2021 Jul 25;5:25. doi:10.21037/acr-21-1 Klumpner TT, Toledo P, Wong CA, Farrer JR.

Older adults often develop a curved back, known as age-related kyphosis or hyperkyphosis. This is usually due to wear and ...

Astronomers have discovered a likely explanation for a fracture in a huge cosmic "bone" in the Milky Way. Using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and radio telescopes, researchers believe a fast-moving ...

Vertebral fractures, also known as spinal compression fractures, occur when bones in the spine ... while a 75-year-old male can be expected to live another 7.5 years. A 50-year-old female can be ...