A long-running and bitterly fought dispute over whether the earliest known hominin had a knuckle-walking gait, like ...

The femur — your thigh bone — is the largest and strongest bone in your body. When the femur breaks, it takes a long time to heal. Breaking your femur can make everyday tasks much more difficult ...

Your femur connects many important muscles, tendons, and ligaments in your hips and knees to the other parts of your body, including parts of the circulatory system. More than that, it helps you carry ...

Brooke Shields broke her right femur in January when she fell off a balance board at a New York City gym Brooke Shields is giving fans a glimpse into her road to recovery after breaking her femur in a ...

The actress shared progress on her recovery after an unexpected accident with the PEOPLE Every Day podcast Hattie Lindert is a former digital news writer at PEOPLE magazine. She joined PEOPLE in April ...

On February 21, Brooke Shields revealed she broke her femur in a freak accident, and over the last few months, the 55-year-old model and actress has slowly shared details of how the injury occurred.

Brooke Shields shared an X-ray photo of her femur and hip after reconstructive surgery. The actress had seven rods and a metal plate inserted after snapping her femur in a freak accident. “While this ...