Learn more about why hip fractures can be so deadly for elderly patients.

Older adults experience significant risk of death and institutionalization after hip-fracture surgery, according to a December study published in MDPI. Researchers analyzed data from 355 patients ages ...

When anesthesiologists lead the preoperative process, patients undergoing surgery for hip fractures - one of the leading causes of hospitalization in older adults - get to the operating room (OR) ...

Discover why elderly Malaysians delay crucial hip surgery and how to address long wait times for essential procedures. Read ...

TUESDAY, Dec. 30, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Where a senior resides might factor into whether they lose their independence to a broken hip, a new study says. Elderly folks are less able to return home ...

With increasing life expectancy, frailty and hip fractures will correspondingly increase in numbers, now at more than 300,000 fractures per year and projected to rise to more than 500,000 by 2040. Hip ...

A hip fracture is a break in the top quarter of the thighbone, which is also called the femur. It can happen for lots of reasons and in many ways. Falls -- especially those to the side -- are among ...

TEXARKANA, Texas (KSLA) - A 100-year-old Texarkana man is proving that age is no barrier to regaining mobility after a fall led to hip surgery and weeks of rehabilitation. Leonard Sneed said his ...

Hip replacement surgery, or hip arthroplasty, is a common procedure that can improve mobility and decrease pain in a hip joint that’s no longer functioning properly. The American College of ...

Results showed that use of GLP-1 receptor agonists did not increase short-term medical or surgical complications among ...

NYU Langone Orthopedics researchers found that patients used a novel AI chatbot to ask surgery-related questions before their procedures. The chatbot enabled patients to ask questions at any time — ...