Last week, we took a quick look at bones by size, structure and type. Now comes the painful part, where we take a nice trip to the hospital and explore what happens when you break those bones. We’re ...

A tool made from a modified glue gun can now repair broken bones in surgery by 3D-printing grafts directly onto them. Bone implants have historically been made of metal, donor bone and more recently ...

That unmistakable sound of bone giving way under pressure sends immediate dread through anyone who hears it. Broken bones account for millions of medical visits annually in the United States alone, ...

Angulated fractures involve a broken bone that tilts at an angle. Most cases require some form of realignment using a cast or other measures for proper healing. An angulated fracture occurs when a ...

Lindsay Curtis is a health & medical writer in South Florida. She worked as a communications professional for health nonprofits and the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of ...

From left to right, biomedical engineering doctoral student Ethan Gerhard; co-corresponding author and Assistant Research Professor of Biomedical Engineering Su Yan; first author and biomedical ...