The R01 grant, the NIH’s original and most prestigious funding program, will be used to create and test a clinical-grade ...

It was thought that lifting weights could stunt growth caused by damage to the epiphyseal plates in long bones like the femur ...

Scientists in south-western France have uncovered a giant dinosaur thigh bone at an excavation site that has been yielding fossils for nearly a decade. Two metres (6.6ft) long, the femur found at ...

The type of bone determines the amount of movement. Type of bone Example in body Description Long Femur Cylindrical in shape and found in the limbs. Their main function is to act as a lever.

A hip replacement is challenging, but needing another one is worse. Surgeons at Osaka Metropolitan University have studied ...

Surgeons compared traditional and new fully hydroxyapatite-coated hip replacement stems. They found the new stems offer ...

Acute hematogenous osteomyelitis occurs most frequently in children, especially those with sickle cell disease, and affects the long bones (femur, tibia, humerus, pelvis). Chronic osteomyelitis ...

On December 22nd of 2023, a Vietnamese patient underwent hours-long surgery in order to remove part of his pelvis and femur, as per the usual treatment for bone cancer. What was special here was ...

Scans taken of long bones have specific trabecular or cortical analysis performed ... Samples are typically scanned in 70 percent alcohol. Ideally, the whole femur or tibia is to be collected to study ...

There was no significant difference in BMD values between the first and third measurement for the lumbar spine and neck of the femur ... I. Bone Loss in Premenopausal Women on Long-term ...

It was thought that lifting weights could stunt growth caused by damage to the epiphyseal plates in long bones like the femur (thigh) and humerus (upper arm). As children grow and develop ...