Healing Broken Bones Is More Complicated Than It Looks

Healing Broken Bones Is More Complicated Than It Looks

Aug. 26, 2022 – Healing a broken bone isn’t always a straightforward process of putting on a cast and waiting for the body to do its thing with time. The many materials that make up our bones have different densities and interact in several ways that affect whether a fracture heals correctly. A fracture that … Read more

Early Trial Offers Hope Treating Rare ‘Brittle Bone’ Disease

Early Trial Offers Hope Treating Rare ‘Brittle Bone’ Disease

By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, Feb. 21, 2022 (HealthDay News) — An experimental drug may help build bone mass in some adults with a rare brittle-bone disease, a small preliminary study suggests. The disease is called osteogenesis imperfecta. It’s caused by defects in certain genes involved in making collagen — a key protein in … Read more

Collagen: Can It Really Help With Skin and Joints?

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, OrthoInfo: “Articular Cartilage Restoration.” Arthritis Foundation: “Are Collagen Supplements Helpful for Arthritis?” Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine: “Beneficial effects of food supplements based on hydrolyzed collagen for skin care (Review).” Grandview Research: “Collagen Market Growth & Trends.” Harvard Medical School: “Do retinoids really reduce wrinkles?” Molecular Cell Biology: “Collagen: … Read more

Vegan Diets Tied to Higher Bone Fracture Risk

Vegan Diets Tied to Higher Bone Fracture Risk

By Alan Mozes HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, Nov. 23, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Chew on this: Vegans face a 43% higher risk for bone fractures than meat eaters, a large British study warns. The rise in risk was not confined to vegans, who eat no meat, fish, dairy or eggs. The researchers also identified a notably … Read more

Claims Birmingham surgeon kept bones of patients probed

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image copyrightGoogle image captionIndependent hospital group Circle Health Group said it was taking the issues “incredibly seriously” Claims a surgeon kept the bones of more than 5,000 patients he operated on have led to a police inquiry. Derek McMinn, who invented a hip treatment used on tennis star Sir Andy Murray, has been suspended from … Read more