A rodding surgery is often required to stabilise the weaker bones. Scientists have developed a new method to treat brittle bone disease in children using the medicine risedronate. It can not only ...

A 17-year-old has said she will be able to dance without fear thanks to pioneering surgery. Jasmine, from Nottingham, was diagnosed with osteogenesis imperfecta, known as brittle bone disease ...

1 fan is Ciaran McAleer. The Ballygawley native has brittle bone disease so needs the aid of a wheelchair and support from his parents, friends and family to get around but by hook or by crook ...

Cherry was diagnosed with brittle bone disease at birth, and has been to the hospital more than 20 times for checkups and surgery. But that certainly hasn’t stopped her from staying strong in ...

In the days when every young pupil's dairy intake was supplemented by free milk at break time, there was little need to worry about them developing brittle ... that the bone-thinning disease ...

Black was born with osteogenesis imperfecta (OI), a genetic or heritable disease where your bones break extremely ... family's mailbox," he wrote in his book Brittle to Unbreakable.

Living in leafy areas reduces the risk of brittle bone disease, according to a new study. Lower air pollution in places with ...

but did not link it with "brittle bone disease" until she eventually had a bone density scan. The Royal Osteoporosis Society said it is an escalating health crisis leading to growing rates of ...

Genetic testing revealed that both she and her father have osteogenesis imperfecta, also known as brittle-bone disease. Now seen by an endocrinologist, she's not alone in having a genetic ...

Because there are typically no symptoms until the first fracture occurs, osteoporosis is considered a silent disease. Some call it a silent killer. Osteoporosis is a bone disease characterized by ...