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, ...

Low levels of vitamin D have been linked to a slower healing process in children with broken bones, according to research to be presented at a conference this weekend. "Children need to be given ...

Tiny implantable sensors are helping to heal broken bones quicker. The devices allow data-enabled resistance training to speed up the natural healing process in lab rats, say American scientists.

Cannabis could be used in medicinal form to speed up the healing of broken bones, according to a new study. Researchers found that the non-psychotropic element in cannabis - the element that does not ...

It turns out that youngsters have something of a superpower which allow them to heal from broken bones a lot easier than ...

URBANA, Ill. (WCIA) — U of I researchers are changing the way broken bones heal by 3D printing materials to make the recovery process faster. Shelly Zhang, an assistant civil and environmental ...

Its aim is to inhibit the growth of bacteria at the wound site and support the growth of new bone structures. This innovative medical engineering is the result of the SCABAEGO joint research project, ...

A medical research team at Saarland University, led by Professor Bergita Ganse, has discovered a new approach to monitoring bone fracture healing by measuring blood supply to the tissue at the ...

At the pilot plant, a 3D printer builds the scaffold from the composite material. Photo Credit: BellaSano The Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Technology and Advanced Materials (IFAM, Bremen, ...