Parents are being warned that notebook computers may be causing physical problems for their children.

Only one in three Australian women diagnosed with osteoporosis are aware they are at higher risk of sustaining dehabilitating bone fractures, according to a landmark international study published with input from University of Sydney researchers.

An estimated 692,000 Australians have diagnosed osteoporosis and a new clinical guideline released by the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners will assist with diagnosis, treatment and ongoing management of osteoporosis in older people, Minister for Ageing Justine Elliot said.

The identification of compounds that could be promising candidates for drug development has become easier following research by the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute's medicinal chemistry group.

A new minimally invasive surgery to correct a chest wall deformity – often known as pigeon chest – was demonstrated at an international conference attended by surgeons from the US, Canada, Argentina, Chile, Panama, Puerto Rico, Germany, Spain and Russia.

Radiographs (standard X-rays) are often inconclusive in the detection of hip and pelvic fractures in the emergency department, according to a study in the April issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.

According to a new study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM), obese teenage girls with a greater ratio of visceral fat (fat around internal organs) to subcutaneous fat (fat found just beneath the skin) are likely to have lower bone density than peers with a lower ratio of visceral to subcutaneous fat.

Paracetamol may provide more than just pain relief to those at risk of developing heart disease, according to a new study led by Professor Michael Davies from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Free Radical Chemistry and Biotechnology at the Heart Research Institute and The University of Sydney.

A pioneering invention by the University of Warwick and University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire (UHCW) that can accurately measure patients for hip replacements for the first time could save the NHS thousands of pounds and improve efficiency for orthopaedic surgeons worldwide.

Contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) may help physicians differentiate between rheumatoid arthritis and psoriatic arthritis in the hand and wrist enabling more targeted therapies unique to each condition, according to a study in the March issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology. Contrast-enhanced MRI uses contrast media to improve the visibility of internal bodily ...