Yeah, to me, a hip fracture is the equivalent of a heart attack or a stroke. If people want to prevent heart attack or stroke ...

Common causes of hip pain in women include arthritis, tendinitis, endometriosis, and bursitis. Learn how to differentiate hip ...

A nationwide Finnish cohort study found that people with Parkinson's disease receive anti-osteoporosis medications at rates ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The reduced risks for osteoporotic and hip fractures with bisphosphonate therapy outweigh increased risk for ...

A large UK Biobank cohort study finds that higher red blood cell distribution width, a routine blood count measure, is associated with an increased risk of hip fracture in older adults.

The mortality numbers nobody tells you at discharge A hip fracture kills more older adults than most cancers that get far ...

"Okay, make it subtype A."When my senior doctor said that in the operating room, I froze.Subtype A. I had absolutely no idea ...

Fracture is another word for broken bone. A hip fracture is a break at the top of your upper leg bone. Hip fractures can occur at any age, but most occur from a fall in older adults. Hip fractures are ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A 90-year-old woman presented to the ED after sustaining a ground-level fall onto her right knee earlier in the ...

MONTREAL --Yvon Lambert was a battleship on skates, one of the most durable, nearly indestructible players on the Montreal Canadiens’ 1970s dynasty. His cuts were sewn shut with 300 or so stitches; he ...