That's not an inconsiderable task, when you consider that her hip bone alone weighs 200 to 300 pounds.

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If a match is found the donation of bone marrow involves the removal of stem cells from the hip bone.

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Spain's fragility is one you know well: the leg bone of an economy in a recession estimated to last two years is connected to the knee bone of undercapitalised banks is connected to the thigh bone of regions with debts they can't repay is connected to the hip bone of a government which cannot borrow at affordable rates.

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It is used instead of taking bone from the hip in spinal fusion surgeries in which extra bone is added to the spine to fuse parts of the back together, stabilizing it.

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He suffers from a degenerative bone disorder in his hip and has had surgery for prostate cancer, a quadruple heart bypass and a double knee replacement.

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For years it required a second operation, in which bone was harvested from the hip or thigh so that it could be used to paste two vertebrae together.

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Height loss can alert doctors to osteoporosis that other tests miss, particularly those that measure bone density in the wrist or hip.

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In one case a bone from New York was used in a hip replacement operation at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, in Stanmore, Middlesex.

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This finding suggests that hip fractures might arise from a mismatch between the genetic drive for bone growth and the environmental influences which affect the mineralisation of bones during childhood.

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It builds bone density by 5% to 10% in the spine and hip and cuts in half the risk of a debilitating hip fracture.

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