(CNN) --The news an elderly relative has broken a hip tends to sound alarm bells, perhaps more than breaking another bone would. That's because a hip fracture dramatically increases an older person's ...

Hip fracture is the most common serious injury in older adults, affecting more than 80,000 people in the U.K. every year. The loss of mobility, function, and independence after a hip fracture means ...

Femoral neck fractures are intracapsular fractures. The capsule is the area that contains the fluid that lubricates and nourishes the hip joint. Fractures in this area are categorized based on the ...

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 ...

A research team in the Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy, LKS Faculty of Medicine, the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed), found that hip fractures not only result in both physical and ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The patient is a 74-year-old man with a past medical history of hypertension who initially presented to an ...

Increasing intake of protein and drinking regular cups of tea or coffee is a way women could reduce their risk of suffering a hip fracture, according to new research. Food scientists have found that ...

At the time of presentation, the patient was a 17-year-old male referred for evaluation of chronic right hip pain and limb length discrepancy, which was managed with a shoe lift.His surgical history ...

AUSTIN, Texas – Supplementing omega-3 fatty acids failed to protect mid-life and older healthy individuals from hip and other non-vertebral fractures, researchers reported here. Among the participants ...