Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) - - When older women fracture a hip, they usually don’t get bone density tests that might show ...

The need for a stronger material for prosthetics led to the development of zirconia for crowns and fixed prosthetics. But how does this material hold up in wear and fracture tests? Researchers ...

The inability to stand on one leg for at least 10 seconds may be a risk factor for fracture among older women, a new thesis paper out of the University of Gothenburg in Sweden shows. Researchers ...

A key property in the majority of engineering applications is a material’s fracture toughness. In order to measure the fracture toughness of low volume materials fracture tests should be carried out a ...

University of Utah Health Orthopaedics has fellowship-trained orthopedic trauma surgeons with expertise in fracture care. We have a full-service Level 1 trauma center serving the Mountain West region.

A pathologic fracture is a broken bone that’s caused by a disease, rather than an injury. Some conditions weaken your bones, which makes them more likely to break. Everyday things, such as coughing, ...

Over time, increased physical activity can lead to a hip stress fracture. They usually occur in the femoral neck, located at the top of the thigh bone, which connects to the pelvis. This injury most ...