The main cause of compression fracture is osteoporosis. However, there are a few factors that can elevate the risk: Age: Bone density naturally decreases as we get older. Gender: Women ...

A ground-breaking New Zealand trial has discovered a cheap treatment given only once every five to 10 years can prevent devastating bone fractures in women who have gone through menopause.

Zoledronate prevents fractures in older women when administered every 12 to 18 months, but its effects on bone density and bone turnover persist beyond 5 years. Whether infrequent zoledronate ...

Denver Broncos quarterback Bo Nix revealed Monday he played part of his rookie season with transverse process fractures in his back. Nix, speaking to reporters Monday as players were cleaning out ...

but it took on even more shine Monday when he revealed he played through a transverse process fracture of the lumbar spine. He got hurt against the Raiders on Nov. 24, then beat the Browns in a ...

“The biggest week was just I had a little transverse process fracture in my back [against the Raiders]. That week, [I] got treatment and kind of made it through that week. Monday Night ...

(b) Bone scintigraphy showing triquetral fracture. the osteoblastic activity ... scaphoid fracture and also useful to detect clinically unsuspected fractures of distal radius and other carpal bones ...

has been charged over multiple "unexplainable fractures" suffered by babies at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) of Henrico Doctors' Hospital, Virginia in 2023 and 2024 On Friday ...

The father of a Virginia toddler who suffered a mysterious bone fracture as a newborn in a Richmond hospital's neonatal intensive care unit says the victims all shared one common trait ...

To visualize a radial flux motor, think of two iron cylinders. One is fitted with magnets set around its outside and an axle running through its center (the rotor). Surrounding this cylinder is a ...

The arrest came after the police began investigating three babies who were discovered with “unexplained fractures” in the newborn care unit of Henrico Doctors’ Hospital in Richmond in late ...

Background Previous systematic reviews on fracture and fall prevention have generally shown no efficacy with calcium or vitamin D alone and conflicting findings with that of vitamin D combined with ...