Dr. Sherwin Ho answers the question: 'Stress Fractures vs. Regular Fractures?' July 1, 2009— -- Question: How are stress fractures different from a fracture and how are they best treated? Answer: ...

Patients with indolent systemic mastocytosis exhibit a distinct vertebral fracture pattern, marked by a predominance of ...

Fracture blisters are a rare occurrence after you fracture or break a bone. They can also occur after you have surgery on a bone. Fracture blisters occur in about 2.9 percent of all fractures. The ...

Angulated fractures involve a broken bone that tilts at an angle. Most cases require some form of realignment using a cast or other measures for proper healing. An angulated fracture occurs when a ...

What Is an Avulsion Fracture? An avulsion fracture happens when a ligament or tendon pulls away a small piece of a bone. This usually results from an accident or traumatic injury. Avulsion fractures ...

A pelvic fracture is a break in one or more of the bones in the pelvis. This includes the sacrum, coccyx, ilium, ischium, and pubis. The type of pelvic fracture a person has may depend on the trauma ...

Older adults are more vulnerable to fractures due to bone mass loss. Hip fractures can be tremendously grave, often leading to chronic disease and even death. Now, experts from the American Geriatrics ...

A sister took advantage of our parents by taking money and items from their house before and after they passed ...

Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical said on Monday that late-stage studies showed its drug for a type of genetic bone disease failed to ...

Older adults who live in economically disadvantaged neighborhoods spend significantly fewer days at home in the year after a ...