The FDA has approved the use of a new metal screw, used to help secure and heal broken bones, that can safely dissolve within the body over time. In its announcement, Finnish developer Bioretec said ...

Tiger Woods was recovering from surgery at a Los Angeles hospital early Wednesday after surgeons placed a rod in his lower right leg and screws and pins in his foot and ankle. The legendary golfer ...

SPANAWAY, Wash. — For two weeks, Dylan Morris figured everything was fine. Oh, this definitely was the most severe injury of his football career, there was no question about that. A defender had ...

After a car accident about 20 miles from her home in Denver, Lauren Hughes was taken to Platte Valley Hospital, the closest emergency facility. The hospital billed her more than $60,000 for surgery on ...

A Maisonneuve fracture refers to a break or fracture in the fibula close to the knee, with a co-occurring sprain in the ankle. The impact of a sprained ankle may travel up the leg and cause the fibula ...

LOS ANGELES — Tiger Woods crashed his SUV on sweeping, downhill road in the Los Angels suburbs Tuesday morning, and doctors tried to stabilize “significant” injuries to his right leg with rods and a ...