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Bones and Muscles
Penn Researchers Pinpoint How Smoking Causes Osteoporosis
Human bone breaks down and regenerates naturally all the time, in a perfectly balanced dance that maintains skeletal integrity. ...
Safety review of bone growth product ushers in new era of data sharing
By Karen N. Peart - A Yale project involving the independent review of a bone growth product’s safety has yielded results*, which ...
Older patients will make lifestyle changes to avoid fractures, study finds
By Leslie Shepherd - Older patients who know they are at risk of fractures will make positive lifestyle changes to avoid them, such as exercising, wearing proper footwear and taking supplements, a new study has found. ... Full story
Study Assesses Impact of Rheumatoid Arthritis on Joint Replacement Surgery Outcomes
Two new studies by researchers at Hospital for Special Surgery have shed light on joint replacement outcomes in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). ... Full story
Splints favored for kids’ forearm buckle fractures
By Elizabethe Holland Durando - Among the most common pediatric injuries seen in emergency rooms are fractures that occur when children fall and try to catch themselves with an outstretched hand. ... Full story
New research links body clocks to osteoarthritis
Scheduled exercise, regular meals and the periodic warming and cooling of joints could be used to relieve the symptoms of osteoarthritis according to scientists at The University of Manchester. Their research may also help explain why older people are more prone to developing this common joint disorder. ... Full story
Study: Cheaper drugs produce same benefits for rheumatoid arthritis
by Will Ackerman, VA Nebraska-Western Iowa Health Care System ... Full story
Researchers push towards arthritis treatment
SCIENTISTS are closer to unravelling a 40-year-old genetic mystery, after identifying a further 13 regions of the human genome linked to a debilitating form of arthritis. ... Full story
Bath researchers in new national centre to reduce sports injuries risk
Researchers in the Department for Health are part of a new £3m research centre to be launched on Monday (June 10) by Arthritis Research UK with the aim of reducing the impact of sports injuries incurred by elite and recreational sports players and to understand why some sport and exercise injuries develop into debilitating osteoarthritis in later life. ... Full story
Bone Tumor in 120,000-Year-Old Neandertal Discovered
Bone Tumor Identified in 120,000-Year-Old Rib of Neandertal ... Full story
