In the human body, the femur, the thigh bone is one of the largest and strongest bones which extends from the hip joint all the way down to the knee joint. Being the strongest bone, a significantly ...

This interesting study shows that the incidence of more rare femoral fractures such as subtrochanteric fractures was stable from 1996 to 2006, although the overall incidence of hip fracture is ...

A study in the current issue of the Journal of Orthopedic Trauma links Merck's osteoporosis drug Fosamax to a rare type of fracture in the femur. The small, observational study looked at 70 patients ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A 26-year-old man who was in a motorcycle crash arrived at the ED with a Glasgow Coma Scale score of 3T.

The agency says it will work with outside experts to gather more information. March 10, 2010— -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced today that it will look into whether a link exists ...

Older women who take osteoporosis drugs known as bisphosphonates for at least five years are more likely to sustain atypical fractures of the thigh bone, compared to women who take the medications for ...

Type 1 diabetes was associated with an increased risk for osteoporotic fracture regardless of femoral neck bone mineral density among men and women. Patients with type 1 diabetes (T1D) are at higher ...