Older people who suffer a hip fracture face a much higher risk of death soon after the injury, but the risk persists over the longer term, a large study indicates. Researchers found that the risk of ...

Testosterone gel may help older women reduce dangerous visceral fat and improve their recovery from hip fractures.

Aging doesn’t just add fat—it redistributes it in risky ways, pushing more into the abdomen where it can harm health.

Almost everyone who breaks a hip needs surgery to repair the fracture. When an older person falls and breaks their hip, research has found that the timing of when the surgery occurs is one of the most ...

Gabapentinoids -- pregabalin and gabapentin -- were tied to increased hip fracture risk in older adults. Risks were high for people with chronic kidney disease or significant frailty. Odds of hip ...

Mortality risk did not differ significantly after AFF vs after hip or ST/FS fractures among men receiving bisphosphonates for fracture prevention.

People living with dementia who had hip fractures treated with surgery lived longer than those who didn’t have surgery, a new study finds. Choosing to undergo surgery can be a complicated decision for ...

In adults undergoing hip fracture surgery, neuraxial anesthesia may lead to better outcomes than general anesthesia, with ...

The weather outside is frightful, but don’t think that snow and ice make winter the only time of year when hip fractures occur. As baby boomers age, the elderly population increases worldwide and so ...

The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons issued a new, evidence-based Clinical Practice Guideline (CPG) on hip fracture diagnosis and treatment in patients aged 65 years and older. This CPG, ...

Drinking water with a relatively high concentration of magnesium protects against hip fractures, according to results of a new study. The researchers studied variations in magnesium and calcium levels ...