The heart's connective tissue cells turn into bone producers as a reaction to injury, researchers from University of California, Los Angeles' Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and ...

A 13-year-old girl presents to a primary healthcare center in Saudi Arabia with swelling in her left arm. Six weeks previously, she had injured her arm in a fall while playing at school, which left ...

Physiological extracellular matrix (ECM) calcification or mineralization is restricted to bones, teeth and the hypertrophic zone of growth plate cartilage. In contrast, pathological ECM calcification ...

Results presented at the European Calcified Tissue Society Congress provide first evidence of increased plasma pyrophosphate (PPi) levels and reduced calcification with an enzyme replacement therapy ...

ZURICH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Inositec, a pioneer in the development of life-saving small molecule drugs based on the natural compound inositol hexaphosphate (IP6), announced today that the U.S. Patent and ...

Plain x-ray of the pelvis and abdomen may demonstrate soft-tissue mass with or without calcification. A very large pelvic or abdominal mass will cause lateral displacement of the bowel loops.

Vitamin K, crucial for blood clotting and bone health, is often overlooked. Deficiency symptoms include easy bruising, heavy menstrual bleeding, and bleeding gums. Low K2 can lead to bone weakness and ...

During a mammogram, your doctor may detect small deposits of calcium in your breast tissue called breast calcifications. According to one study, these are found in an estimated 86 percent of all ...