Bone Diseases

Latest News
• Childhood Rickets Making a Comeback (03/29/2001, Associated Press)
• Smokers Found to Fare Worse After Bone Surgery (03/05/2001, Reuters)

From the National Institutes of Health
• Information for Patients about Osteopetrosis (Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases-National Resource Center)

Clinical Trials

• ClinicalTrials.gov: Bone Diseases (National Institutes of Health)
• ClinicalTrials.gov: Osteitis Deformans (National Institutes of Health)

Diagnosis/Symptoms

• Bone Imaging (Society of Nuclear Medicine)
• Leg Problems: Self-Care Flowcharts (American Academy of Family Physicians)
• Radiography-Bone (American College of Radiology, Radiological Society of North America)

Specific Conditions/Aspects

• Aseptic Necrosis (Avascular Necrosis or Osteonecrosis) (MedicineNet, Inc.)
• Bone and Joint Infections (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• Fast Facts on Fibrous Dysplasia (Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases-National Resource Center)
• Fast Facts on Paget's Disease of Bone (Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases-National Resource Center)
• Hearing Loss and Bone Disorders (Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases-National Resource Center)
• Hypophosphatasia (Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases-National Resource Center)
• Information for Patients About Primary Hyperparathyroidism (Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases-National Resource Center)
• Information for Patients about Osteopetrosis (Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases-National Resource Center)
• Klippel-Feil Syndrome (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
• McCune-Albright Syndrome (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)
• Myeloma Bone Disease (Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases-National Resource Center)
• Osteodystrophy (Renal Osteodystrophy) (MedicineNet, Inc.)
• Questions and Answers about Avascular Necrosis (National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)

Directories

• Find an Orthopedic Surgeon (American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons)

Organizations

• American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
• National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
• National Institutes of Health Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases~National Resource Center (National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)