Q: I know of several older women who have died within a year after a hip fracture. But why? Is this due to a cause and effect of a bone fracture, or something else entirely? A: Hip fractures are ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A study presented at the European League Against Rheumatism Annual Congress called for more aggressive ...

Mar. 3 -- MONDAY, March 2 (HealthDay News) -- Elderly women who suffer a broken upper arm are five times more likely than normal to break a hip within a year after the arm fracture, a finding from a ...

With use of a national health-insurance database, the researchers identified 11,477 patients who underwent surgical repair of a hip fracture. Each patient was matched with two controls with similar ...

A recent study confirms that at four-year follow-up, primary total hip replacement yields better outcomes than internal fixation for elderly patients with displaced femoral neck fractures. Previous ...

Dear Doctors: Our grandmother, who is 91, fell and broke her left hip. She wound up needing a partial hip replacement. I’ve read that hip fractures are dangerous for older adults. Can you explain why?

To evaluate the current visual status and ophthalmic history of a sample of elderly patients with fractured neck of femur and to study the relationship between visual status and demographic factors. A ...

Q: My 82-year-old mother fell and broke her hip and had an operation to fix it. She has had a pretty tough time of it since, with several complications in the months after her operation. Is this ...

September 27, 2011 — Women who break a hip at age 65 years or older face double the risk of dying within the coming year compared with those without a hip fracture, even if they have an otherwise ...

SCARBOROUGH, Ontario — The risk of a hip fracture in people aged 66 and over is increased by almost 50% in the first month and a half after they begin taking medication for high blood pressure, a new ...

Older adults who suffer a hip fracture requiring surgery are at a higher risk of suicide, suggests a study in the June 17, 2020 issue of The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery. The journal is published ...