The FRAX tool demonstrated good discrimination overall but underestimated fracture risk among certain patients with diabetes, including Hispanic women and Black men.

Around 200,000 people every year are admitted to hospital with a fracture. The most common are hip, ankle and hand fractures. Those with the bone-thinning disease osteoporosis are also more likely ...

The complications from this injury can cause life-threatening problems. One of the most common reasons behind hip fractures is tripping and falling. Older individuals are more likely to fall ...

To determine whether anemia at admission and perioperative allogeneic blood transfusion (ABT) have an independent negative effect with mortality, occurrence of a delirium, length of hospital stay ...

The spine, wrist, and hip are the most common sites for osteoporotic fractures; these fractures represent a public health concern, especially for older adults. Moreover, the burden of osteoporotic ...