Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An X-ray of a hip fracture Waiting for more than four hours in A&E with a hip fracture increases the risk of early death by more ...
A fall at home might look small, but for women older than 65, a broken hip can be a big and serious health problem. In real medical terms, this condition has a 20 to 30 percent chance of being deadly ...
Results from a recent multi-center, randomized, controlled trial demonstrate that testosterone gel does not improve long-distance mobility compared to exercise alone in older women recovering from a ...
Fractures of the femoral neck are not simply due to insufficient bone density. Also significant is their nanostructure—the ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Despite being fit and active, Gaynor's hip broke at the age of 60 - Charlotte Graham One hot Sunday morning in August 2022, Gaynor ...
The study, published in The Lancet, involved 1,600 patients across 44 hospitals in the UK and Sweden. The DUALITY trial is the largest clinical trial to compare dual mobility total hip replacements ...
A major international clinical trial led by Queen Mary University of London and Uppsala University in Sweden has found that an emerging type of hip replacement implant dramatically reduces ...
An observational study has found a high mortality rate at 1 year after hip fracture and significant variations in health costs among different NHS hospitals and regions. The study, published online ...
Patients who have spinal anesthesia while doctors repair a broken hip have more pain and need more prescription painkillers afterward than those given general anesthesia, a new study finds. Spinal ...
Hip fractures in older adults can lead to serious complications, disability and even death. Traditionally, orthopaedic surgeons have repaired a common fracture of the upper part of the thigh bone, or ...
A study of over 26,000 middle-aged UK women reveals those with a vegetarian diet had a 33% higher risk of hip fracture compared to regular meat-eaters. A study of over 26,000 middle-aged UK women ...