Assessing a key aspect of bone architecture, for which clinicians can now be reimbursed under Medicare, can significantly improve the ability to predict a patient's risk for bone fracture. Although ...

A study conducted by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and collaborating institutions reveals the molecular events leading to osteogenesis imperfecta type V, a form of brittle bone disease ...

Gain-of-function mutations in fibroblast growth factor receptor (FGFR) genes are known to cause a range of skeletal disorders, such as craniosynostosis and chondrodysplasia, which severely affect ...

Tooth loss and bone degeneration are problems that modern medicine still struggles to fix. Data from the National Bone Health Policy Institute shows that 10 million Americans over the age of 50 have ...

Like the rest of you, your bones need more attention as the years pass. Some 10 million Americans over age 50 have the weak and brittle bones of osteoporosis—and an additional 44 million have ...

The narrative around bone health has long been dominated by a singular focus: calcium consumption. Yet despite widespread calcium supplementation, osteoporotic fractures affect approximately one in ...

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Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2006;63(5):419-430. During resorption, growth factors and proteins released from osteoblast precursors and bone stimulate the differentiation, chemotaxis, and proliferation of ...

Bone pain is pain or discomfort that starts in one or more of your body’s bones. There are many causes of bone pain, ranging from minor to serious. Identifying the underlying cause of bone pain is ...

HOW TO TAKE THE POST-TEST: To obtain CME credit, please click here after reading the article to take the post-test on myCME.com. Organ transplantation has become a fairly common and effective modality ...