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For the elderly, the risks of having to go into a nursing home and, even death, rise sharply the year following a hip fracture. Australian researchers report that a year-long regimen of high-intensity weight-lifting exercise, balance training and other targeted interventions might minimize these negative outcomes. The researchers’ aim was to determine if treating [...] Many associate falls in the elderly with hip fractures. However, fractures of the humerus (or long arm bone that runs from the shoulder to the elbow) also are a big concern—especially to aging baby boomers, according to a new study. Researchers at University of California, Davis, studied data on 28 million emergency department (ED) [...] Postmenopausal women with knee osteoarthritis have a 21 percent greater risk for fractures and a 27 percent greater risk for falls than women of similar ages, but without osteoarthritis, Medscape News reported November 7, 2011. In this study, presented in Chicago at the American College of Rheumatology 2011 Annual Meeting, researchers analyzed existing data [...] |
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