Gene variant in African Americans contributes to unnecessary bone marrow biopsies
A gene variant that lowers white blood cell levels and is common in individuals with African ancestry contributes to unnecessary
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Device makers have funneled billions to orthopedic surgeons who use their products
Dr. Kingsley R. Chin was little more than a decade out of Harvard Medical School when sales of his spine
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Study finds two drugs capable of slowing bone marrow cancer progression
Primary myelofibrosis (PMF), a relatively rare but painful type of bone marrow cancer, disrupts the body's normal production of blood
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VEXAS syndrome in men is more common than previously thought
A rare disease first identified in 2020 is much more common than first thought, say researchers at the University of
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A ‘skeletal age’ calculator to predict bone fracture risk
Researchers at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research have developed a computational model to calculate ‘skeletal age’, a personalized estimate
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Leukemia and Childhood Infection Hypothesis
Leukemia is the most common form of childhood cancers, with a prevalence rate of 10 – 45 per 100,0000 children
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Q&A: Who should have a bone density test?
DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I am 62-year-old woman who has been fairly healthy most of my life. I try to walk
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Tool uses fat in bone and muscle to diagnose disease, predict falls and fractures
Doctors will soon be able to use fat to diagnose musculoskeletal disease within seconds and predict the risk of falls
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Delivery of healthy donor cells key to correcting bone disorder, researchers find
Osteogensis imperfecta (OI) is a group of genetic disorders that mainly affect the bone. Patients with OI have bones that
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Team pioneers cancer treatment that targets bone metastases while sparing bone
University of California, Irvine researchers have developed and tested on mice a therapeutic treatment that uses engineered stem cells to
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