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 occurs ...

Objectives/Design: This cross-sectional study of 113 healthy white women, 20-88 years of age, evaluated relationships between bone mineral ... for total body, spine, femur, and forearm.

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 ...

A fan broke a femur bone and elderly people “were injured ... One of the strangest days in a very long time. This broken escalator caused unnecessary panic, stress and chaos for far too many ...

The dietitian was extremely healthy, so her doctor thought the pain was bursitis, but it was cancer. "I felt like my body had ...

Strengthening your lower body can tone ... Exercise for your bone health. Bisconti AV, Cè E, Longo S, et al. Evidence for improved systemic and local vascular function after long‐term passive ...

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Beth Kitchin, a 60-year-old dietician from Alabama, opened up about being diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia after ...