Any type of fracture can be very serious because it can affect your internal organs as well. Most common types of fractures that occur to people are usually in the limbs. But sometimes things can get ...

Traumatic fracture- This type of fracture is due to trauma like direct blow, fall or road traffic accident. Pathological fracture- Fracture in a weak bone due to underlying diseases like osteoporosis ...

Following that skateboarding accident or complaints of pain after gymnastics practice, it may be time to visit your pediatrician to discuss a potential growth plate injury. Your pediatrician will do ...

Avascular necrosis remains a threat for children with femoral neck fractures, but research suggests that age and fracture type may help identify high-risk patients. In a review of 24 institutional ...

In the human body, the femur, the thigh bone is one of the largest and strongest bones which extends from the hip joint all the way down to the knee joint. Being the strongest bone, a significantly ...

Any kind of fracture was predictive of more fractures in postmenopausal women, new data suggested. In a prospective, observational study of over 66,000 women from the Women's Health Initiative (WHI), ...

People with type 2 diabetes (T2D) have an increased fracture risk, even though their bone mineral density (BMD) values often fall within the normal or above-normal range. Conventional tools for ...

Among adult men and postmenopausal women with type 2 diabetes, those who have experienced severe hypoglycemia are at elevated risk for fracture, with risk increasing with greater number of severe ...

Objective: The purpose of this study was to examine possible factors associated with the increased risk of fractures observed with rosiglitazone in A Diabetes Outcome Progression Trial (ADOPT).