The femur — your thigh bone — is the largest and strongest bone in your body. When the femur breaks, it takes a long time to heal. Breaking your femur can make everyday tasks much more difficult ...

A thigh bone discovered in Southwest China could indicate that an ancient species of human survived until as recently at 14,000 years ago. Until now, the Neanderthals of Europe and 'Denisovans' of ...

Your femur connects many important muscles, tendons, and ligaments in your hips and knees to the other parts of your body, including parts of the circulatory system. More than that, it helps you carry ...

Medically reviewed by Elizabeth Molina Ortiz, MDFact checked by Jennifer KlumpMedically reviewed by Elizabeth Molina Ortiz, MDFact checked by Jennifer Klump The femur is the thigh bone, the largest ...

Osteoporosis can be detected and prevented more effectively thanks to a new diagnostic tool created by a team made up of researchers from the UPF BCN MedTech unit, the companies 3D-Shaper Medical and ...

In a new study published in Engineering, academician Yingze Zhang's research team introduces the Proximal Femur Bionic Nail (PFBN) as a potential panacea for unstable intertrochanteric femur fractures ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A 90-year-old woman presented to the ED after sustaining a ground-level fall onto her right knee earlier in the ...

Feel better soon, Cassie! That baby chimp suffered a broken femur just hours after being born at the Rockhampton Zoo in Australia.

Brooke Shields shared an X-ray photo of her femur and hip after reconstructive surgery. The actress had seven rods and a metal plate inserted after snapping her femur in a freak accident. “While this ...