Osteoporosis weakens bones, increasing fracture risks in the elderly. Maintaining bone health requires exercise, a balanced ...

Hip fractures are more common in older adults ... Causes include trauma, corticosteroid use, or radiation treatment. 11.

SAN DIEGO — GLP-1 agonists may be protective against hip fracture when administered for the treatment of type 2 diabetes, according to results presented here. Using the TriNetX database ...

The FRAX tool demonstrated good discrimination overall but underestimated fracture risk among certain patients with diabetes, including Hispanic women and Black men.

More severe acute pain trajectories led to greater opioid consumption and longer hospitalization among older patients with fragility hip fractures.

So if you break your hip, that is really a devastating thing to have happen to you. What about things like shoulder fractures? Sometimes, you don't get the full return of function, so you have ...

Patients over the age of 50 have an increased risk of mortality following hip fracture, which is dependent on factors such as health and post-fracture comorbidities. Findings from a meta-analysis ...

Most authorities recommend treatment when the risk of a major osteoporotic fracture is greater than 20% or the risk of a hip fracture is greater than 3%. Your primary doctor is following the ...

Background Proximal femoral fractures in older adults affect prognosis, quality of life and medical expenses. Therefore, ...

A new multicenter study is opening the door to predicting mortality risk after hip fracture in what is the first documented ...

Results showed white patients were more likely to undergo total hip arthroplasty for displaced femoral neck fracture compared ...

Methotrexate continuation significantly increases the risk for future fractures in patients with insufficiency fractures of ...