Published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the discovery could dramatically improve bone healing ...

Broken bones in children with low levels of vitamin D take longer to heal, research shows. Jurgute/Getty Images Professor Scarlett McNally told Newsweek why vitamin D is important for healing.

The specific type of fracture also affects recovery time. Clean breaks with well-aligned edges heal more quickly than comminuted fractures with multiple fragments.

The new tool can create customized bone grafts in a matter of minutes, which could help reduce operative times and improve ...

Aussie researchers from the Queensland University of Technology are figuring out just how bone cells work and how they heal, getting pointed in the direction of a theoretical device that’ll make ...

Angulated fractures occur when a bone breaks at an angle. There are several treatment options, depending on the severity of the fracture.

Bioactive composite supports healing of broken bones A broken bone failing to heal represents an enormous burden for patients, which also often leads to further additional surgeries being required.

A dream of bone doctors for generations has been a substance that will glue broken bones together, permit rapid recovery. Last year the surgical world perked up its ears when an American orthopedic ...

The surgeons were happy to explain. The surgical “nail” they were implanting in bones — and the training they received to ...

A drug that improves the ability to walk in people with multiple sclerosis can also make bone fractures heal faster, a new mouse model study has found.