If you have a broken bone, your doctor might refer to it as a bone fracture. There are different types of fractures. One kind is a comminuted fracture. This injury happens when your bone breaks into ...

Human skeletons are often described in neat textbook numbers, but real bodies are far messier and more interesting. Extra ...

A stress fracture in the shin is a small crack in the shin bone. It may cause pain, swelling, and tenderness when you put weight on your shin. Treatment may include medication and lifestyle changes.

Current guidelines for managing osteoporosis specifically call out hip or spine fractures for increasing the risk for subsequent bone breaks. But a new study suggests that fractures in the arm, wrist, ...

A Maisonneuve fracture refers to a break or fracture in the fibula close to the knee, with a co-occurring sprain in the ankle. The impact of a sprained ankle may travel up the leg and cause the fibula ...

Kyle Lowry sustained another thumb injury Friday night, but another look at the anatomy of the injury and its potential impact on the Toronto Raptors is necessary this time around. Being that he had ...

Bone stimulators are a therapy that may help with bone healing in certain situations. However, the debate is still out on their effectiveness. Devices such as bone stimulators are often used for ...

Electrical stimulation therapy is a recent, popular alternative treatment. Bone growth stimulators are sometimes used for fractures that haven’t healed on their own. After treatment, your body works ...

Study suggests wrinkles point to bone density loss in postmenopausal women. June 7, 2011 — -- A close look into a woman's wrinkles may predict her risk for bone fractures, according to new ...

Our fat tissue could be used to make our bones regrow, with scientists successfully using adipose cells to repair spinal compression fractures. It could change how breaks are treated and improve bone ...