Hip fractures are the most common injury due to falling in the elderly, representing 72% of all fracture costs. Not surprisingly, 90% occurred in people 65 and older. The physical, emotional and ...

This article is authored by Dr Ankit Rai, associate director, medical affairs, Abbott India.

The IMSS 2024 multicenter registry of 1,095 hip fracture patients across twenty Mexican hospitals found low in-hospital ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “Hip fracture burden and associated burden will be greater in the future, given the growing aging populations,” ...

Newswise — An international team of researchers, led by the Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy, LKS Faculty of Medicine at the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed), and including Douglas P Kiel, MD, ...

This article predates the current owners of Science Blog. It has not been reviewed under the current editorial process and is kept as part of the archive. The number of hip fractures worldwide is ...

Patients who are status post hip fracture surgery had a higher incidence of severe UTI than those in their comorbidity-, age-, and sex-matched control group. Prevention of severe UTI can improve the ...

The annual incidence of hip fractures declined in most countries from 2005 to 2018, but this rate is projected to roughly double by 2050, according to a new study of 19 countries/regions. The study by ...

An estimated 255,000 fragility fractures occur annually in Türkiye, the equivalent of approximately 29 broken bones per hour. The cause is osteoporosis, a disease in which the skeleton becomes weak ...