May 11, 2010 — Use of proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) is not associated with hip fractures but is modestly associated with clinical spine fractures, forearm or wrist fractures, and total fractures in ...

Common hip injuries include strains, contusions, and tears. Each injury has its own unique set of causes and treatment options. Share on Pinterest Sawaya Photography/Getty Images Hip injuries are ...

Periprosthetic femoral fracture remains a devastating complication following total hip arthroplasty. New Swedish research advises routine evaluation of all total hip patients and links fracture risk ...

A study in the current issue of the Journal of Orthopedic Trauma links Merck's osteoporosis drug Fosamax to a rare type of fracture in the femur. The small, observational study looked at 70 patients ...

This interesting study shows that the incidence of more rare femoral fractures such as subtrochanteric fractures was stable from 1996 to 2006, although the overall incidence of hip fracture is ...

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A hip fracture is a break in the upper part of the femur (thigh) bone and is considered to be the most devastating osteoporosis-related fracture. Osteoporosis is the thinning of bone tissue and loss ...

Any kind of fracture was predictive of more fractures in postmenopausal women, new data suggested. In a prospective, observational study of over 66,000 women from the Women's Health Initiative (WHI), ...

Hip fractures, often a result of a fall, are the most serious type of osteoporotic fracture because they are accompanied by considerable pain, loss of muscle and bone strength, reduced mobility and ...

There are roughly 300,000 hip fractures every year in the United States and this number is projected to reach 500,000 by 2040. Eighty-five percent of these fractures occur in people who are 65 years ...