Researchers have uncovered a previously unknown substructure in bone tissue using a new X-ray technique to produce 3D images of the internal structure of bones. The discovery potentially questions ...

From athletes to individuals suffering from osteoporosis, bone fractures are usually the result of tiny cracks accumulating over time—invisible rivulets of damage that, when coalesced, lead to that ...

Healing of shin bone (tibia) fractures, in particular, slows or stalls up to 25% of the time. Factors such as age or ...

Osteoporosis and osteopenia, a precursor to osteoporosis, can easily be detected through the use of a scan called dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry, or DXA. The test is recommended for women 65 and ...

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Osteolytic disease is a major complication of multiple myeloma that may lead to devastating skeletal-related events (SREs). Conventional radiography remains the gold standard for the evaluation of ...

A medical research team at Saarland University, led by Professor Bergita Ganse, has discovered a new approach to monitoring bone fracture healing by measuring blood supply to the tissue at the ...