A landmark review in Nature Reviews Genetics dissects the rare and common genetic variants that shape human height. The paper ...

Most people who have cancer cells in their bones don't have primary bone cancer. They have cancer cells that have spread into the bone from a cancer elsewhere in the body. This is called secondary or ...

The nasal bones form the roof, while the frontal process of the maxilla and lacrimal bone form the sides of the nose. Together these structures play a role in the following functions: The nasal bones ...

Simple lifestyle changes can go a long way in improving bone health. If you want to protect your bones and stay active as you age, here are 6 effective tips to help you maintain and even increase ...

An osteophyte is a bony outgrowth or “bone spur” that develops slowly over time in and around joints. Bone spurs often do not cause symptoms. They usually only cause pain if they impinge on other ...

they coordinate with our muscles to support movement, have blood cell-producing bone marrow and contain essential minerals (like calcium), according to the National Institute of Arthritis and ...

If you feel pain in your bone, even if it isn’t constant, tell your doctor. Early treatments may keep the bone from breaking. Metastatic cancer weakens bones. That makes it easier for them to ...

Cartilage and perichondrium were obtained from the tragus ... Thinned connective tissue was layered over this structure, adhering to the exposed bone, while additional cartilage pieces were placed on ...

The prone bone is essentially doggy style — the UK’s favourite sex position, FYI — except you get to lie flat on your face. If that doesn’t sound particularly sexy, this might sell it more ...

Here, we show that murine tendon-to-bone attachment cells are bi-fated, activating a mixture of chondrocyte and tenocyte transcriptomes, under regulation of shared regulatory elements and Krüppel-like ...