The Mata Menge humerus fragment (left) shown at the same scale as the humerus of Homo floresiensis from Liang Bua. A paper out today in Nature Communications reports the discovery of extremely rare ...

"Bone density or bone mineral density is a measure of the strength and integrity of your bones, specifically their mineral ...

A Florida hunter has recalled the moment a large alligator leapt out of the water and almost claimed his arm, in what he thinks was an attempt to defend itself. And a doctor has told of how surgeons ...

(Reuters Health) - The increased risk of dying after older adults break a bone is real, long-lasting and it's not limited to hip fractures, researchers say. Past studies have established a heightened ...

A paper appearing today in Nature Communications reports the discovery of extremely rare early human fossils from the Indonesian island of Flores, including an astonishingly small adult limb bone.