If consistent pain persists, surgery may be recommended to remove the bone spurs or loose bodies irritating the finger joints. If severe osteoarthritis of the thumb joint is present, a trapeziectomy ...

A bone scan is a nuclear imaging test that can help tell you if you have certain types of bone disease. You may get this kind of scan to see if cancer has spread to your bones or to view how well ...

A bone biopsy is a test that takes a sample of tissue or cells from your bone to check for cancer or other bone diseases. The sample comes from the outer part of your bone. It's different from a ...

High school student Yu Azuma will do whatever it takes to become an idol. Ready to make her dream a reality, she recruits three girls from the four corners of her prefecture. But the road to ...

Her family doctor referred Brown to get a bone density scan because she is over 60 years old. "The results list my name, birth date, my height, sex, age, my weight and my ethnicity. It lists my ...

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The trapezectomy is the planing or removal of the trapezium bone of the wrist. The trapezium is the articulation to the thumb and therefore this joint surface which is often destroyed is planed ...

Blood is made up of blood cells which float in a liquid called plasma. Blood cells are made in the bone marrow. The bone marrow is the spongy material found inside our bones. Most blood cells are made ...