People often fracture or break the bones in their hands or wrists after traumatic injuries. Fractures can cause pain and swelling around the injury. Fractures can also change the position of your ...

Eight small bones in your wrist give it flexibility and the necessary range of movements. These bones, arranged in two rows, include the scaphoid and lunate bones in the upper row, close to the ...

The Nationals got some news today that is both surprising and in some ways not unexpected: Danny Espinosa has been playing with a broken right wrist for more than five weeks. Espinosa initially ...

A carpal boss, also known as a carpometacarpal boss or a bossing, It's a bony lump where the finger bones meet the wrist. It may be painful, but it will be a firm, immobile lump. Carpal bossing can be ...

Orioles shortstop J.J. Hardy confirmed today that he sustained a small fracture in a bone in his right wrist and is headed to the disabled list. Hardy underwent a CT scan that confirmed what X-rays ...

World Osteoporosis Day highlights the silent bone disease. Early signs like repeated wrist fractures, grip weakness, leg pain ...

For decades, Paranthropus boisei, an early hominin that roamed eastern Africa a million years ago, was known for its gigantic ...

James McCann thought his sore left wrist was not a big deal, but an X-ray on Friday revealed otherwise. The Mets catcher has a fractured hamate and will undergo surgery, the team announced Friday. The ...

Five digits radiating from a palm, an arrangement both flexible and strong—capable of playing a piano, wielding a hammer, offering a comforting touch. The hand is our most familiar body part, central ...

Wrist evolution helped birds to conquer the air. Fossil data and analysis of a modern bird’s development reveal that this evolution preceded bird origins Xing Xu is at the Institute of Vertebrate ...