They have no opinion on its contents at this time. The largest and strongest bone in the body, the thighbone (femur) can break when a child suffers a sudden forceful impact. Common causes of ...

The case reports first surfaced about two years ago and they were frightening. A few orthopedists reported that women taking osteoporosis drugs to prevent broken bones were showing up with rare ...

Parents have been asking me to step to it and provide some information on intoeing in their infants and toddlers. Let me put my best foot forward about this topic. Definition and causes Intoeing is a ...

It has been just 13 days since Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger broke his thighbone in a freak ski mishap and 10 days since surgeons repaired the break with wires and screws, so it is really no surprise ...

An ancient thighbone from southwest China provides more evidence prehistoric humans walked mainland Eurasia at the same time as modern humans, researchers say. Their analysis of a 14,000-year-old ...

Three bones — the shinbone, thighbone, and the patella — come together at the knee. Four ligaments help hold these bones in the right alignment, while tendons connect the bones to muscle.

The bone was identified as a human femur, or thighbone, by the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office, police said. Police and the coroner’s office are “working toward identification ...

rex, based on thighbone and tooth variations among dozens of its fossils. T. rex, meaning "tyrant lizard king," has been the sole species of the genus Tyrannosaurus recognized since the dinosaur ...

Their average age was 33.7 years. The most common findings were minor articular cartilage defects, particularly between the kneecap and thighbone, observed in over half of those imaged.