Your risk of fracture depends, in part, on your age. Broken bones are very common in childhood, although children's fractures are generally less complicated than fractures in adults. As you age ...

A bone fracture is a crack or break ... Healthy bones are extremely resilient and can withstand surprisingly powerful impacts. However, under enough force, they may crack or break.

A fracture of the radius or ulna can be very painful. If the bone comes through the skin or juts very far out of place, it is an emergency and can cause infection and other complications.

Broken bones (also called fractures) in the foot are very common. In fact, about 1 out of every 10 broken bones occurs in the foot. Here's why. The human foot has 26 bones. Divide the foot into ...

Metal screws are indispensable in bone surgery, but they can fail under everyday stress and complications can occur when ...

While the loss of bone density is inevitable with aging, a new study has shown that just small changes to improve skeletal health can have a huge impact on the prevalence of hip fractures.

“What happens in patients, particularly older patients and those with cancer, or any kind of condition that affects the bone, the vertebrae get weaker, and can fracture very easily”. The ...

The team announced Trout suffered a hamate bone fracture in his left wrist and placed him on the 10-day injured list, though he is expected to be out longer than that. The Angels have been able ...