The Oklahoma City Thunder announced Saturday that guard Russell Westbrook underwent surgery on a fractured cheek bone, will miss Sunday's game against the Lakers and will be re-evaluated next week.

Wales centre George North has undergone surgery after suffering a cheekbone injury. North was hurt during Ospreys’ Heineken Champions Cup defeat against Leicester last weekend, going off at half-time.

Two pixelated scans of a person's vertebra bone show a before image on the left and after image on the left that indicates bone density loss A common weight-loss surgery for teens and young adults ...

But that doesn’t mean bariatric surgery should be avoided for youth with severe obesity, said lead study author Dr. Miriam Bredella, professor at Harvard Medical School and vice chair for faculty ...

WASHINGTON — It isn't just the thunder thighs that shrink after obesity surgery. Melting fat somehow thins bones, too. Doctors don't yet know how likely patients' bones are to thin enough to break in ...

Weight loss surgery is on the rise for obese adolescents and young adults. But *** study in the journal radiology finds *** common procedure may have harmful effects on their bones. The surgery is ...

Share on Pinterest Researchers are expressing concerns over the bone health of teens who have weight loss surgery. Duet Postscriptum/Stocksy Weight loss surgery is being used more frequently on ...