New research to identify factors associated with improved outcomes for older adults recovering from hip fractures found a ...

Methods Records of 428 consecutive hip fracture patients were collected on a population-basis and data on the general population comprising all Finns 65 years of age or older were collected on a ...

New research to identify factors associated with improved outcomes for older adults recovering from hip fractures found a connection with mental health and psychological resilience.

The USPSTF recommends osteoporosis screening to prevent osteoporotic fractures for all women aged 65 years and older and for ...

New research to identify factors associated with improved outcomes for older adults recovering from hip fractures found a connection with mental ...

hip fractures or other injuries. Steps that older adults can take to reduce their risk of falls and fractures include getting screened for osteoporosis, especially for women 65 and older ...

Women 65 years and older should have a bone density scan ... more risk factors such as low body weight, family history of broken hips, cigarette smoking and excessive alcohol consumption, a ...

Zoledronate prevents fractures in older women when administered every 12 to ... femoral neck, or hip. Participants were randomly assigned to receive an infusion of zoledronate at a dose of 5 ...

Older patients who underwent hip fracture surgery with either regional anesthesia without sedation or general anesthesia experienced similar incidences of postoperative cognitive decline.

But a recent study reveals a troubling reality: those living in care facilities in the United States between 1910 and 1967 ...

A team from Australia has now shed light on the duration and causes of excess mortality after hip fracture. The nested case–control study involved 2005 institutionalized elderly men and women ...