Learn about Bone-02, the innovative bone glue adhesive transforming fracture treatment by eliminating screws, plates, and ...

Cannabis could be used in medicinal form to speed up the healing of broken bones, according to a new study. Researchers found that the non-psychotropic element in cannabis - the element that does not ...

That unmistakable sound of bone giving way under pressure sends immediate dread through anyone who hears it. Broken bones account for millions of medical visits annually in the United States alone, ...

Low levels of vitamin D have been linked to a slower healing process in children with broken bones, according to research to be presented at a conference this weekend. "Children need to be given ...

It turns out that youngsters have something of a superpower which allow them to heal from broken bones a lot easier than ...

Natural materials like bone, bird feathers and wood have an intelligent approach to physical stress distribution, despite their irregular architectures. However, the relationship between stress ...

Tiny implantable sensors are being developed to help heal broken bones quicker. The devices allow data-enabled resistance training to speed up the natural healing process in lab rats, say American ...

Research at UNC Hospitals has produced promising results for the hundreds of thousands of Americans who have bone fractures that wil not heal. An estimated 600,000 people suffer from unhealed bone ...

There are 206 bones in the human body -- and a million and one ways to break one. Brian de Beaubien, M.D., orthopedic surgeon at Covenant HealthCare, says bone fractures in children and adolescents ...

When treating severely broken bones, doctors want new bone tissue to grow back as fast as possible, and they also want to keep the wound site from becoming infected. Scientists have developed an ...

When bones break and there is extreme tissue loss--such as after a car accident or a battlefield injury--current treatments don't often lead to effective healing. But certain stem cells from skeletal ...

Good news for pro football players, Jackass cast members, and people brave enough to stand in line for an over-hyped next-gen video game console: there’s a new device in the works that’ll heal those ...