According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), more than 300,000 Americans aged 65 and older are hospitalized for hip fractures each year. The major health issues come in the wake ...

Hip Skeleton on blue background with clipping path. Bones are the very foundation of our bodies, the scaffolding upon which everything else depends for support and structure. But with age, bones ...

A 50-year-old man is more likely to die from complications of a bone fracture than prostate cancer. Yet only 2% of older men ...

Simple strategies to strengthen your bones, implemented by the whole community not just those at higher risk, could lead to a substantial decrease in hip fractures, a new Australian study suggests. A ...

Over time, increased physical activity can lead to a hip stress fracture. They usually occur in the femoral neck, located at the top of the thigh bone, which connects to the pelvis. This injury most ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Postmenopausal women with higher bone strain index values at the spine, neck and total hip are more likely to ...

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 ...

As populations continue to age, total hip replacement (THR) is becoming an increasingly common surgical procedure.

The number of people who will suffer life-threatening hip fractures is set to double to 140,000 a year by 2060 if the Government does not take action, according to a damning report. Campaigners say ...