Osteogenesis imperfecta type 3 is an inherited (genetic) bone disorder that is present at birth, according to John Hopkins Medicine, which notes that it is a lifelong condition. Furthermore, there is ...

Maybe you heard about it after watching the Samuel L. Jackson movie "Unbreakable." Or maybe after binging Season 11 of "Grey's Anatomy." Or maybe the words "osteogenesis imperfecta," or "OI," don't ...

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 ...

Because there are typically no symptoms until the first fracture occurs, osteoporosis is considered a silent disease. Some call it a silent killer. Osteoporosis is a bone disease characterized by ...

The bone disease drug Prolia has a new boxed warning, the FDA’s most prominent warning, because of an increased risk of severe hypocalcemia among chronic kidney disease patients. The new warning ...

Taking a higher dose of vitamin D to protect your bones isn't necessary if you are a healthy middle-aged or older adult with no existing bone disease or vitamin D deficiency, a new study found.

Metabolic bone disease (MBD) in preterm infants is a condition marked by suboptimal bone mineralisation, arising primarily from the abrupt cessation of in utero mineral transfer during the critical ...

Human skeletons are often described in neat textbook numbers, but real bodies are far messier and more interesting. Extra ...

The various activities we engage in throughout the day, whether it’s walking, running, sitting, dancing, or climbing stairs, place demands on our bones and joints. Winter can pose challenges to their ...

Some adults do indeed have more than 206 bones. These extras, known as accessory bones or supernumerary bones, may occur when bones do not fuse together the standard way during development, per a 2024 ...