Researchers are moving closer to the start of clinical trials for a novel injectable drug that is targeted to heal broken bones faster and strengthen weak bones. One in three adults aged 60 and over ...

After your run, protein consumption is important for repairing and rebuilding muscle. Eat a meal that has about a 4:1 carbs-to-protein ratio to replenish lost glycogen stores and limit muscle damage, ...

If January is the month we throw ourselves into exercising with gusto, then the combination of overenthusiasm and poorly planned regimes means that February is when we often start paying for it.

The skier’s crash at the Milan Cortina Olympics left her with a complex tibia fracture and a rare complication that required ...

If there’s one thing you need to know about me, it’s that I’m a people pleaser. I’m the person who ...

A hamstring tendon injury refers to damage or strain to the tendons located at the back of the thigh, which connect the ...

THERE ARE TIMES during the winter when I feel like Tyler Durden walking through the office with apparent signs of violence. But instead of a black eye and busted lip, it’s cracked, bloody hands that ...

Grafting is a widely used agricultural technique, but the slow and unreliable healing of graft unions often limits its efficiency. New research reveals that red light can significantly accelerate ...

A Penn Hills woman is charged with assaulting her 3-year-old son, who later died at UPMC Children’s Hospital. Doctors there said the boy had 11 fractures, some of which were healing, according to ...

What does it take to keep Keegan Swenson off a bike? Apparently, more than a fractured pelvis. The reigning XCM World Champion got hit by a car door during a training ride, flew to Spain, and raced ...

With increasing life expectancy, frailty and hip fractures will correspondingly increase in numbers, now at more than 300,000 fractures per year and projected to rise to more than 500,000 by 2040. Hip ...

A Mediterranean diet can significantly lower the risk of hip and overall fractures, according to a major new review from the ...