Lower patient scores on what's known as the Geriatric Depression Scale, as well as higher marks on the Global Mental Health ...

Broken hips kill as many women as breast cancer thanks to weakened bones, so why is no one testing those who are most at risk ...

Hip fracture causes excess mortality due to cardiovascular and infectious disease in institutionalized older people: a prospective five-year study. J. Bone Miner. Res. doi: 10.1359/jbmr.

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 ...

Among people with dementia, the predicted one-year mortality was 35.4% in those with hip fracture compared to 14.8% in those without the injury, the data showed.

RIVERBANK — A search is underway for a vehicle that hit an elderly man who was on his daily ... 84, suffered a broken arm and fractured ankle. He remains in the ICU but was stable at last ...

After the medical risks have been identified and quantified, it should be possible for the patient to compare the benefit of hip replacement ... periprosthetic fracture. Very elderly patients ...

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. Published in ...

A business owner said an elderly man 'broke his hip' at a Welsh seaside town car park that a council wants to start charging people to park at. Matt Holland, of Willmore's 1938 at Penarth Cliff ...

Hip fractures represent a significant health concern, generating more than 300,000 emergency room visits among older adults each year and more than 500,000 hip replacement surgeries.