The disease, however, can affect any bone in people of any gender, at any age. What causes the disease is a mystery, according to the National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD).

Instead, your doctor will give you a sling that holds your arm in place and keeps it still while the bone heals. You can also expect a prescription for pain medicine and instructions to apply ice.

Scientists have uncovered bone fragments from a human ancestor that lived around 700,000 years ago and was believed to be less than 3 feet tall.

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The study is the first to identify an association between body composition of the arms and poor bone quality. In addition to ...

A friendly competition turned into a bone-crushing defeat for one lady. Daisy Johnson, 24, snapped her bone during an intense arm wrestling match with a stranger who challenged her. “My arm felt ...

The bone represents a human ancestor who likely stood around three inches shorter than its later “hobbit” descendant at around 3-foot-3.

A new study says the amount of fat in the arms may be associated with poor bone quality and spinal strength and can lead to spinal fractures. The researchers also found that visceral adipose tissue ...

Smallest Ever Human Arm Bone Found as a Piece of the Hobbit Origin Puzzle Ancestors to Homo floresiensis lived on the Indonesian island of Flores 650,000 years before their famous relatives.

KUALA LUMPUR: The Sessions Court here was told that Bella, the teenager with Down Syndrome at the centre of an abuse trial here, was determined to be 15 years old by a bone age X-ray examination ...

Louis Tomlinson Breaks His Arm After N.Y.C. Concert, Shares X-Ray Photos The former One Direction singer announced that he'll be rescheduling album signings after he took a post-show fall ...

A young woman had a bone in her arm removed and replaced with metal and cement to give her body a fighting chance against cancer. Ex-hairdresser Laura Hughes, 30, from Norwich, found a lump in her ...