An ancient eagle’s toe bone featuring stone tool incisions adds to evidence that Neandertals made pendants or other ornaments out of birds’ talons, researchers conclude in the Nov. 1 Science Advances.

Medically reviewed by Danielle McNeil, D.P.M You can tell if you have a sprained toe (also known as turf toe) because it will be painful around the main joint in your toe. This joint is surrounded and ...

The sounds that you hear when your daughter 'cracks' her bones are not actually due to any problem with her bones. They are caused by the normal movements of tendons or ligaments over joints which in ...

For decades, knuckle cracking has been blamed for arthritis and joint damage. Scientists now say the sound comes from gas ...

A sprained toe can happen for many reasons and affect people of all ages. Sprained toes are often tender and painful. However, it is still possible to move them. The toes contain joints that enable a ...

A stubbed toe may cause breaks, sprains, broken nails, and infections. Pain and other symptoms that persist might indicate a serious injury that may require medical attention. The pain of a stubbed ...

It's not hard to find the popular "bone cracking" videos online. Typically in the videos, a young social media influencer lays across a special table. Then an expert pushes and contorts his or her ...

A surgical procedure called "fetlock arthrodesis" can be a life-saving procedure for a horse with a serious sesamoid fracture; the procedure involves repair by fusing the bones of the ankle joint it's ...

Maryland surgeons rebuilt a patient's entire thumb last month using a bone from his knee and a toe.MedStar Union Memorial Hospital Drs. James Higgins and Ryan Katz of the Curtis National Hand Center ...