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Jawing About French King Louis IX鈥檚 Jawbone

22 Mar 2023

Pathologists study the causes and effects of disease mostly through laboratory examination of samples taken from body tissues. But what does a paleopathologist do? Given that 鈥減aleo鈥 comes from...

Broken Bones Grow Back Stronger鈥 Sort Of

19 Apr 2018

Growing up I always heard the same adage when I broke a bone, 鈥淒on鈥檛 worry it鈥檒l grow back stronger鈥. But is that really true?

Why does heart muscle turn to bone after a heart attack?

21 May 2017

Doctors have long noticed that after a heart attack, a patient鈥檚 heart may develop what appear to be bone deposits or patches of calcium and phosphate, but they鈥檝e never really known why. A new...

Are denosumab (Prolia) injections an effective treatment for osteoporosis?

20 Mar 2017

Osteoporosis derives from the Greek meaning 鈥減orous bones. 鈥 This disease causes porosity and brittleness of the bone due to the excessive loss of protein, mineral content and calcium. Osteoporosis...

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