Heterotopic Ossification happens when bone fragments grow in parts of your body that they shouldn’t. Learn about the causes, symptoms, and treatment options for heterotopic ossification today.

The 7 key factors beyond calcium for optimal bone health. Research from leading institutions worldwide has identified several critical factors that influence bone formation, maintenance, and loss ...

Multiple myeloma causes lytic or osteolytic lesions, which are areas of damage caused by cancerous plasma cells blocking normal bone growth. While painful, they can be managed. Multiple myeloma is ...

Overdiagnosis in healthcare is a problem. A big one. Clinicians are skilled at labelling people in ways that do not necessarily benefit them. Too often we create harms from unnecessary labels and ...

Osteopenia isn’t a disease per se but a warning sign, a condition where your bones are weaker than normal but not weak enough to be classified as osteoporosis. Osteopenia is characterised by a t ...

Among the 432 patients who received a TBS analysis in 2022, 3% shifted from a normal diagnosis to osteopenia, or subclinically low bone density; 8% worsened from osteopenia to osteoporosis; 4% ...

These mutations disrupt the normal processes of bone formation and repair, leading to conditions like hypochondroplasia and Crouzon syndrome. Despite advancements in medical research, ...

Bone is frequently affected by metastasis and in the current study published in the journal Cancer Discovery, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, a team led by researchers at ...

The team discovered that the IFITM5 mutation acts at the level of bone stem cells, altering the normal process that leads to bone formation. “Bone stem cells lead the way in the formation of the ...