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Preventing Slips and Falls: Protect Your Bones and Your Wallet
By Rose Chon , Health Expert...disease can affect any bone in the body. In particular, hip fractures are largely due to falls,... Read more »
Osteoporosis Awareness: Time For Some Shock Treatment?
By PJ Hamel , Health Expert...include a family history (mother or grandmother with a broken hip); being small or thin; not... Read more »
Caring For Your Loved One With Osteoporosis
By Lila de Tantillo , Health Expert...bathing our cocker spaniel. The accident resulted in a broken hip and fractured wrist. After a... Read more »
Risks of Hip Fractures
By Lila de Tantillo , Health ExpertWe all know that hip fractures can be deadly, but the latest report in the supplement to the... Read more »
After an Osteoporosis Hip Fracture: Recovering at the Hospital
By Lila de Tantillo , Health ExpertSuffering a hip fracture can be the most devastating consequence of osteoporosis. When those... Read more »
Health Guide
Common Heartburn Drugs Linked to Hip Fracture
...popular heartburn drugs as Nexium, Prevacid or Prilosec for a year or more can raise the risk of a broken hip markedly in people over 50, a large study in Britain found.The study raises questions... Read more »About Falls
...cause of medical problems and death among older adults. Only half of older adults hospitalized for a broken hip can return home or live on their own after the injury. Osteoporosis, a disease that... Read more »Frequently Asked Questions
...of medical problems, loss of independence, and death. Only half of older adults hospitalized for a broken hip will be able to get around as they did before the hip fracture. Many will need... Read more »Balance Problems
...doctor.Balance disorders are one reason older people fall. Falls and fall-related injuries, such as hip fracture, can have a serious impact on an older person's life. If you fall, it could limit... Read more »Osteoporosis: Fractures
...subsequent fractures. The lifetime risk of spinal fracture in women is about one in three, and that for hip fracture is one in six. Women at highest risk for fractures are those with low bone... Read more »Images
Hip fractures occur as a result of major or minor trauma. In elderly patients with bones weakened by osteoporosis, relatively little trauma, even walking, may result in a hip fracture.... Read more »
Related News
Prostate Drugs Not Linked to Hip Fracture
October 27, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Newer drugs used to treat benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), otherwise known as an enlarged prostate, don't appear to raise... Read summary »
Best Fix for Osteoporosis
May 05, 2008SAN FRANCISCO (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- About 10 million Americans suffer from osteoporosis. The condition is characterized by low bone density,... Read summary »
Study: Reclast lowers fracture risk, saves lives
October 03, 2008Researchers say Reclast, the new once-a-year injection for osteoporosis, not only reduces the number of hip fractures, it can also save older users'... Read summary »
Fractures up Death Risk for Men and Women
March 05, 2009(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Older men and women who suffer a broken bone are at higher risk of dying over the next five to ten years, and among those who... Read summary »
Hip and Back Fractures Linked to Increased Risk of Death
August 17, 2009(Ivanhoe Newswire) A new study of 7,753 people in Canada aged 50 years and older has found that vertebral and hip fractures are associated with an... Read summary »
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