Although both operative and nonoperative treatment of displaced medial humeral epicondyle fractures in adolescents helped them return to sport, provided a high degree of post-treatment satisfaction ...

Fracture prevention in the elderly is crucial for healthy ageing. A doctor shares essential tips to improve bone strength, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Women who sustain any type of osteoporotic fracture have higher adjusted all-cause health care costs and ...

This multicenter, randomized controlled trial involved 436 women, aged 50-85 years, who had attended hospital for treatment of a fragility fracture of the wrist or upper arm. The intervention group ...

Currently, only 20% of patients who sustain a fragility fracture are offered screening or treatment for osteoporosis. This treatment gap represents a missed opportunity to protect patients from a ...

Explore the rising incidence of fragility fractures in healthy adults and discover prevention strategies for maintaining bone ...

ATLANTA — The dismal rate at which treatment of osteoporosis is initiated following any fragility fracture in the United States can be dramatically improved with the help of a fracture-liaison service ...

Osteoporosis is responsible for approximately 2 million fractures annually, including hip, vertebral (spinal), wrist, and other fractures. Osteoporosis-related fractures may lead to diminished quality ...

Within an integrated healthcare setting, temporal trends demonstrate reductions in mortality risk after hip fracture in older women, with mortality risk lower for Asians and Hispanics. ABSTRACT ...

Today on The Law & You “Do I have a case if urgent care missed a fracture on an X-ray and I kept walking on it for weeks? I ...

Patients who suffer a first broken bone due to underlying osteoporosis are at two- to threefold risk of subsequent fractures -- which can lead to a host of serious outcomes such as pain, disability, ...