In dolphins and whales, the pelvis is widely considered to be a good-for-nothing remnant of legged days past. But that pelvic bone didn't become useless when the animals switched from walking to ...

Every step you take depends on a structure most people rarely think about. The pelvis sits at the center of the body and ...

Camille Berthelot is in the Department of Genomes and Genetics, the Pasteur Institute, Paris Cité University, CNRS UMR 3525, INSERM UA12, F-75015 Paris, France. Using an exceptionally rare collection ...

Scientists studying the earliest mammals have been stumped for centuries about the function of two pelvic bones found in the fossil record that most mammals don't have today. A study published in ...

Sept. 18 (UPI) --An ancient ape pelvis recovered in Hungary suggests bipedalism has deeper evolutionary roots than previously thought. The 10-million-year-old fossilized pelvis bone belongs to ...

FOR Courtney Echerd, leg pain was the first, subtle sign something was wrong. Fit and healthy, the 30-year-old walked four times a day, and was so flexible she could put her palms flat on the ...

A pelvic fracture is a break in one or more of the bones in the pelvis. This includes the sacrum, coccyx, ilium, ischium, and pubis. The type of pelvic fracture a person has may depend on the trauma ...

Higher protein intake may improve short-term hip bone strength during weight loss in older adults with overweight or obesity ...