A stress and a hairline fracture are the same injury, most often affecting the foot or leg. Learn what could speed up healing ...

Excess mortality in hip fracture cases was greatest in the first ... of the Kolling Institute of Medical Research (Bone and Joint Research), University of Sydney, Australia.

Risk factors for hip fractures include low levels of activity, low bone density, and long-term medication use. A person with a hip joint fracture will feel pain in the groin and may not be able to ...

Patients over the age of 50 have an increased risk of mortality following hip fracture, which is dependent on factors such as health and post-fracture comorbidities. Findings from a meta-analysis ...

A local woman is expressing her gratitude to a medical team that helped her regain mobility after a serious fall.

For older adults undergoing hemiarthroplasty for hip fracture, intraoperative use of ... reports a study in Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery. "Use of liposomal bupivacaine is not associated with ...

A new study finds that osteosarcopenia — having osteopenia or osteoporosis along with sarcopenia — is prevalent in people who ...

Total hip BMD increases were associated with reduced risk for vertebral and all clinical fractures across active control or sequential therapy trials.