Learn more about why hip fractures can be so deadly for elderly patients.

Q: I know of several older women who have died within a year after a hip fracture. But why? Is this due to a cause and effect of a bone fracture, or something else entirely? A: Hip fractures are ...

September 27, 2011 — Women who break a hip at age 65 years or older face double the risk of dying within the coming year compared with those without a hip fracture, even if they have an otherwise ...

Dear Doctors: Our grandmother, who is 91, fell and broke her left hip. She wound up needing a partial hip replacement. I've read that hip fractures are dangerous for older adults. Can you explain why?

According to results from a recent study, 71% of patients who sustained a hip fracture were not informed that they have a bone weakening disease known as osteoporosis as a contributing reason for ...

Gabapentinoids -- pregabalin and gabapentin -- were tied to increased hip fracture risk in older adults. Risks were high for people with chronic kidney disease or significant frailty. Odds of hip ...

Rehabilitation of older patients falls under the purview of primary health care; geriatric rehabilitation is poorly established in Finland. After surgery, hip fracture patients are usually referred to ...

When his elderly mother fell and broke a hip for the second time, former Israeli Air Force pilot and industrial and management engineer Amatsia Raanan searched for a product to prevent this most ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In a nationwide cohort study of Swedish older adults, researchers observed a link between antidepressant use and ...

Reviewed by Nicole Foubister, MD, NYU Child Study Center, and Assistant Professor, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, NYU College of Arts & Science, New York, NY A new study confirms the previously ...

Dear Doctors: Our grandmother, who is 91, fell and broke her left hip. She wound up needing a partial hip replacement. I’ve read that hip fractures are dangerous for older adults. Can you explain why?