New mechanisms discovered that show how development-dependent disruptions in mitochondrial function lead to premature skeletal aging.

The 1st metacarpal bone became adducted in the process of ... It is unable to exercise its main functions of pinch and grasp, and is usually only a useful hook. The commonest causes of adduction ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) For this study, we recruited 213 children and adolescents from South Florida ...

Vitamin D is involved in so many bodily functions because there are vitamin D receptors in different organs. These receptors act like docking stations for vitamin D to bind to and trigger different ...

But it also plays several other important roles to keep your body healthy – including the function of your gut ... a dietary fiber supplement affects bone mass in children and adolescents ...

Vitamin D is involved in so many bodily functions because there are vitamin ... and trigger different effects in the skin, intestine, bone, parathyroid gland, immune system and pancreas, among ...

FLORIDA, Apr 7: You’ve likely heard about vitamin D’s important role in maintaining strong bones and teeth. But it also plays several other important roles to keep your body healthy – including the ...

The trillions of cells that make up our skeleton age too, and some change in ways that weaken the very structure of our bones. Aging and stress can induce cellular senescence in osteocytes ...

However, there’s growing concern that in the process of shedding pounds, you’re also losing bone and muscle mass…tissues the peri- and postmenopausal community can’t afford to lose. “Muscle and bone ...

But it also plays several other important roles to keep your body healthy – including the function of your gut ... intestine, bone, parathyroid gland, immune system and pancreas, among others.

Most people in the U.S. get their vitamin D from Sun exposure. Stockbyte/DigitalVision via Getty Images ...