Benzodiazepine use increases hip fractures in Alzheimer's disease patients supriya kashyap kashyap27 Nov 2016 10:07 AM ISTThe use of benzodiazepines and related drugs increases the risk of hip fracture by 43% in persons with Alzheimer's disease, according to a new study...
Antidepressant use increases hip fracture risk among elderly supriya kashyap kashyap13 Jan 2017 10:19 AM ISTAntidepressant use nearly doubles the risk of hip fracture among community-dwelling persons with Alzheimer's disease, according to a new study from...
Management of Hip fracture: NICE Guidelines Ruby khatun khatun29 May 2017 2:15 PM ISTHip fracture refers to a fracture occurring in the area between the edge of the femoral head and 5 centimetres below the lesser trochanter. These...
New assessment predicts fracture risk for patients in long-term care supriya kashyap kashyap4 Sept 2017 9:35 AM ISTBoston : Researchers from Hebrew SeniorLife's Institute for Aging Research have developed and validated a new assessment to predict the risk of falls...
Older men with hip fractures 3.5 times likelier to die early supriya kashyap kashyap12 Sept 2017 9:00 AM ISTOlder individuals, especially men, with hip fractures are more than 3.5 times more likely to die within 12 months as compared to their non-injured...
Screening could catch a quarter of hip fractures before they happen Anjali Nimesh Nimesh16 Dec 2017 7:22 PM ISTCommunity screening for osteoporosis could prevent more than a quarter of hip fractures in older women - according to new research led by the...
Fracture in older people increases mortality risk up to 10 years Hina Zahid27 July 2018 7:20 PM ISTBroken bones among older people increase their risk of death for up to 10 years, according to a new study published in the Endocrine Society's Journal...
Hip Fractures an early sign of Alzheimer’s in elderly, study suggests Hina Zahid4 March 2019 7:15 PM ISTHip fracture itself may serve as the first sign of undiagnosed Alzheimer’s disease, according to Johns Hopkins researchers.In a study of older people...
Globally acclaimed injectable drug may reduce recovery time after fracture Hina Zahid27 March 2019 7:10 PM ISTGlobally acclaimed injectable drug may accelerate bone healing and reduce recovery time after fracture.An average person experiences, on average, two...
Treat all high risk postmenopausal women with osteoporosis medicines: Endocrine Society Hina Zahid27 March 2019 8:10 PM ISTTreat all high-risk postmenopausal women for osteoporosis with medicines, says new Endocrine Society Guidelines.According to the latest Clinical...
Trochanteric fractures (Extra-capsular fracture neck femur) - Standard Treatment Guidelines supriya kashyap kashyap9 Jan 2018 7:01 PM ISTHip fractures in the elderly are frequent, and their number is increasing fast. The intertrochanteric and the subtrochanteric fractures pose a number...
Hip fractures Study: Half of elderly patients unlikely to fully recover supriya kashyap kashyap8 Sept 2016 9:02 PM ISTOne in every two older persons who have suffered a hip fracture will never be as physically active and independent as they were before. The odds are...
