Prevention is definitely the best approach when it comes to osteoporosis, especially because the lifetime risk for women of an osteoporosis-related bone fracture is 30 to 40 percent.

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The 26-year-old Scarlets wing suffered a bone fracture in a hand in his try-scoring performance in Wales' 26-19 defeat by England in Cardiff on Friday, 4 February.

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Deng had to pull out of the Eurobasket tournament, where his British teammates are competing in Bulgaria between September 7-20, due to a stress fracture to a bone in his leg, an injury that kept him out of action for much of last season.

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In contrast, untreated animals and animals with grafts of coral alone or coral loaded with fresh bone marrow failed to heal the fracture.

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When combined with adequate daily intakes of calcium, vitamin D helps build and preserve bone, helps prevent osteoporosis and helps decrease fracture risk.

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At the hospital, the 74-year-old was diagnosed with a proximal humerus fracture -- the humerus being the upper bone of the arm.

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He was diagnosed with a proximal humerus fracture -- the humerus being the upper bone of the arm -- and as a result underwent what the Supreme Court said was reverse shoulder replacement surgery Saturday morning.

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He hasn't played since, and the Knicks said his injury had progressed to a fractured bone at the outside of his left foot, otherwise known as a Jones fracture.

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Compound fractures are considered serious because the bone is exposed to airborne contaminants and bacteria leading to a high risk of developing infection at the fracture site.

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From a logistical standpoint, a bone does not need to be protruding through the skin in order for the injury to be called a compound fracture.

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