A researcher has secured £2.2m in funding to develop technology that harnesses body movement to heal broken bones and power pacemakers. The technology, part of a new field called piezoelectroceutics, ...

Tiny implantable sensors are being developed to help heal broken bones quicker. The devices allow data-enabled resistance training to speed up the natural healing process in lab rats, say American ...

Researchers in Osaka have found that stem cells from fat tissue can repair spinal fractures similar to those caused by osteoporosis. By turning these cells into bone-forming clusters and pairing them ...

When treating severely broken bones, doctors want new bone tissue to grow back as fast as possible, and they also want to keep the wound site from becoming infected. Scientists have developed an ...

When bones break and there is extreme tissue loss--such as after a car accident or a battlefield injury--current treatments don't often lead to effective healing. But certain stem cells from skeletal ...

A new study investigating the health benefits of marijuana has found that smoking weed could actually help broken bones to heal faster. This conclusion was reached after researchers at Tel Aviv ...

Good news for pro football players, Jackass cast members, and people brave enough to stand in line for an over-hyped next-gen video game console: there’s a new device in the works that’ll heal those ...

Haupt is a health and wellness editor at TIME. Haupt is a health and wellness editor at TIME. Orthopedic doctors have a bone to pick with all the people who forget they’re carrying a very important ...