Latest Bone Stories

Study highlights roles of gene in load-sensing cells in bone growth; could guide research on treatments for bone diseases like osteoporosisA study by researchers at Children's Hospital Boston and collaborators at other institutions has provided new insights into the means by which bone cells produce new bone in response to mechanical stresses, such as exercise. Their findings lay a path for developing new strategies for treating diseases characterized by low bone density, such as osteoporosis...

WARSAW, Ind., May 17, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --Zimmer Holdings, Inc. (NYSE and SIX: ZMH), a global leader in musculoskeletal care, today announced the launch of a new, comprehensive range of Trabecular Metal Material augment shapes and cones for use in knee revision surgeries. During revision surgeries, surgeons are often faced with a range of small to large cavitary bone defects. The new augments are designed to fill these defects, provide a structural foundation to the existing bone and...

CENTENNIAL, Colo., May 5, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- AlloSource, a leading developer, processor, and distributor of bone and soft-tissue allografts for use in surgical procedures around the world, broke ground today on a new two-story building addition to their campus. The construction project, designed by Intergroup Architects and built by The Weitz Company, also includes renovation of more than half of the existing facility. "From design, to financing, to construction, the preparation for our...

Regardless of your age or conditioning level, the BStrong4Lifeâ„¢ System is an alternative treatment for improving bone density, muscle strength, balance, coordination and structural, postural stability. Woodridge, IL (PRWEB) May 04, 2011 In the U.S. today, an estimated 10 million people suffer from osteoporosis and an estimated 34 million have low bone density, placing them at increased risk for osteopenia, osteoporosis and broken bones. The U.S. Surgeon General Report recommends...

HOUSTON, April 19, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- An Ohio woman suffered bone deterioration and broken bones because of hidden risks with pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca's acid reflux drug Nexium, The Gibson Law Firm alleges in a lawsuit filed today in Texas federal court. Filed in the U.S. District Court in Houston, the lawsuit alleges 58-year-old Ginny Begin, of Toledo, Ohio, suffered serious bone deterioration after taking Nexium on a daily basis between 2003 and early 2011. In March, the FDA...

PITTSBURGH, April 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Carmell Therapeutics, a company that manufactures novel blood plasma-based biomaterials that accelerate the repair of injured tissues, has closed on a Series A financing it will use to establish a pilot manufacturing facility and collect data for early clinical validation for the Company's first products. The round was led by Harbor Light Capital Partners, a private investment firm that invests in early and growth stage companies located in the...

CENTENNIAL, Colo., April 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- AlloSource, one of the nation's largest non-profit providers of skin, bone and soft tissue allografts for use in surgical procedures and the world's largest processor of live cellular bone growth substitutes, today announced the hire of Angela Horacek as the Vice President, Operations. In this role Horacek, a seasoned medical device and operations expert, will oversee the broad range of AlloSource operations including donor receiving and...

NAPLES, Fla., April 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- In an exclusive video lecture series, one of the top diet delivery companies in the nation is putting their founding physician in the forefront to discuss the importance of nutrition for post-menopausal women. Caroline J. Cederquist, M.D., is a board-certified bariatric physician and the founding physician of BistroMD, the number one physician-designed, chef-prepared diet delivery company in the nation. As one of the top physicians in the field...

International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) calls for further research to understand changes in fracture rate incidence and to determine the future socio-economic burden of fragility fractures Osteoporosis constitutes a major public health problem through its association with age-related fractures, most notably those of the hip. As life expectancy rises around the world, along with the number of elderly people in every geographic region, the incidence of hip fractures is estimated to reach...

C.S. Lewis, the famous author and Oxford academic, once proclaimed "You can't get a cup of tea big enough or a book long enough to suit me." We sip it with toast in the morning, enjoy it with sweets and biscuits in the afternoon, and relax with it at the end of the day. Tea has for generations been an integral infusion worldwide, carrying both epicurean and economic significance. But, does it impart honest-to-goodness health benefits? In other words, is its persistence in the human...