To treat large gaps in long bones, like the femur, which result from bone tumor removal or a shattering trauma,
Category: Bones
Messenger cells bring good news for bone healing
How do bones heal, and how could they heal better? The answer to these questions may lie in a newly
New medication gives mice bigger muscles
It is common knowledge that as people grow older they lose a large part of their muscle mass – and
New mechanism of bone growth discovered
In a paper published in the journal Nature, an international research team led by researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden report
How to cure a burned mouth
Burns on the tongue heal faster than on the roof of the mouth, since the tongue has the most blood
Fluoride levels in pregnancy affects children’s IQ
Fluoride in the urine of pregnant women shows a correlation with lower measures of intelligence in their children, the growing
How to prevent osteoarthritis
Osteoarthritis is a joint disease that affects cartilage. Cartilage is the slippery tissue that covers the ends of bones in
Drinking tequila can prevent osteoporosis
Osteoporosis occurs when the body fails to replace old bone with new. This results in porous and weak skeleton. Scientists
Magnesium may prevent bone fractures
Low intake of magnesium in the body may cause bone fractures, bone fractures are one of the causes of disability
Symptoms of metastatic breast cancer
Metastatic breast cancer is an advanced cancer that has spread to other organs in the body, if initial cancer treatments