Alcohol consumption was associated with lower levels of axSpA disease activity and spinal pain, but may be linked to ...

Review finds an inverse association and a dose-response link between fluoride and IQ; editorialists disagree on the results ...

Methods Cross-sectional study of individuals aged 9–18 years recruited ... with an open physis and to compensate for loss to follow-up during the planned longitudinal study . At SFC, randomly selected ...

and 4.5 for cross and longitudinal sectioning and immunostaining. (B) Immunostaining with anti-Laminin, anti-NACM, and anti-MAC-2 of the cross sections of TA muscles at the indicated time points. Note ...

Healing tendons have 80% of the collagen and 60% of the collagen cross links (hydroxypyridinium ... and the hypertrophied paratenon is excised. 13 In addition, longitudinal splits are made in the ...

Body composition (total mass, appendicular fat, skeletal muscle mass, and bone mass) was measured with a dual-x-ray ... was evaluated using DXA (see Anthropometric characteristics and body composition ...

Patients with vertebral fractures, particularly severe fractures, may face greater risks for worsening spinal degeneration.

Throughout our lives, our bones are continuously remodeled to maintain strength, repair injuries and adapt to new stresses.

Whether they're caused by injury, disease or other factors, missing sections of bone can be quite difficult to replace. A new ...

A non-exhaustive summary of reported cases of cutaneous reactions caused by a metallic implant is given in Table 5. Although many of the patients were patch test positive to their implanted metals ...