Lowering blood pressure and cholesterol levels, quitting smoking, managing diabetes: these evidence-backed approaches remain key ways to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease (SN: 11/9/15). But an ...

The review of more than 60 scientific articles showed that microplastics, among other effects, can stimulate the formation of ...

This week, we are going to discuss a condition that occurs after trauma and surgery as well as after traumatic injuries to the head, neck and spine. The condition? Heterotopic ossification.

In more complex bone problems like severe, irregular fractures or resections done as part of bone cancer treatment, the bone ...

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 ...

Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) are a group of blood cancers that affect the bone marrow and can result in a low levels of blood cells. When MDS affects red blood cells, it can lead to anemia in some ...