News tagged with broken bones


Amusement rides injure 4,400+ kids a year

A new study by researchers in the Center for Injury Research and Policy of The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital examined injuries to children related to amusement rides, which included ...

Pediatrics created May 01, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

UGA discovery uses 'fracture putty' to repair broken bone in days

Broken bones in humans and animals are painful and often take months to heal. Studies conducted in part by University of Georgia Regenerative Bioscience Center researchers show promise to significantly shorten the healing ...

Medical research created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (14) | comments 0

Therapy helps regenerate child's undeveloped bones

Four years ago, Janelly Martinez-Amador was confined to a bed, unable to move even an arm or lift her head. At age 3, the fragile toddler had the gross motor skills of a newborn and a ventilator kept her ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Apr 24, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers uncover a pathway that stimulates bone growth

(Medical Xpress)—Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine have discovered that a protein called Jagged-1 stimulates human stem cells to differentiate into bone-producing cells. This ...

Medical research created Feb 13, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Rheumatoid arthritis patients can get gout too, study finds

Refuting a belief long held by many physicians, a Mayo Clinic study found that rheumatoid arthritis patients also can get gout. The research is among several studies Mayo Clinic is presenting at the American College of Rheumatology ...

Arthritis & Rheumatism created Nov 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Snowboarding tops list of winter-sports injuries

(HealthDay)—Across much of the United States, the winter months are a fun time filled with falling flakes and holiday cheer. But high season for snow and ice can also entail broken bones.

Health created Jan 13, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Differences in bone healing in mice may hold answers to bone healing for seniors

(Medical Xpress)—By studying the underlying differences in gene expression during healing after a bone break in young versus aged mice, Jaimo Ahn, MD, PhD, assistant professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the Perelman School ...

Surgery created Mar 21, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Bariatric surgery does not increase risk of broken bones

An international study, led by researchers at the Medical Research Council Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit (MRC LEU) at the University of Southampton, has found that obese patients who undergo bariatric surgery are not at an ...

Overweight and Obesity created Aug 06, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

'Generic' medical devices could cut into name-brand profits

Generic competition - a billion-dollar problem for brand-name drug companies since the 1980s - is making inroads in the orthopedic medical devices industry. Last week Cardinal Health Inc., one of the three biggest device ...

Medications created Jul 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Genes linked to osteoporosis, bone breaks

Researchers at The Institute for Aging Research at Hebrew SeniorLife, an affiliate of Harvard Medical School, have co-authored the largest meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies of osteoporosis as part of an international ...

Genetics created Apr 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Excessive drinking costs U.S. colleges millions annually

(HealthDay) -- The emergency room costs of treating college students with injuries associated with alcohol-induced blackouts can be more than half a million dollars a year at a university with 40,000 or more ...

Health created Mar 19, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Poor bone health may start early in people with multiple sclerosis

Osteoporosis and low bone density are common in people in the early stages of multiple sclerosis (MS), according to a new study published in the July 12, 2011, print issue of Neurology.

Neuroscience created Jul 11, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Exercise in early 20s may lower risk of osteoporosis

Physical exercise in the early twenties improves bone development and may reduce the risk of fractures later in life, reveals a study of more than 800 Swedish men carried out at the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of ...

Arthritis & Rheumatism created Feb 13, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Winter storm hazard: Snowblower injuries

(HealthDay)—The massive winter storm battering the northeastern United States means that many people will be using snowblowers to clear snow from their driveways and sidewalks.

Health created Feb 08, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Keeping hunters out of the hospital: Expert offers tips for a safe hunting season

Errant gunshots are an obvious health risk during fall hunting season, but a range of other dangers also can send hunters to the hospital or worse: heart attacks, injured backs and broken bones are among the most common medical ...

Health created Oct 05, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1