Intertrochanteric hip fracture: An intertrochanteric hip fracture occurs farther away. It’s about 3 to 4 inches from the joint. It doesn’t stop blood flow to the femur.

(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 ...

Among women 65 and older who break a hip, the risk of death doubles for up to a year afterward. But in a surprise, researchers found that for woman 70 and up the risk drops back to pre-fracture ...

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 ...

Older people who suffer a hip fracture face a much higher risk of death soon after the injury, but the risk persists over the longer term, a large study indicates.. Researchers found that the risk ...

Yet the risk of a second hip fracture is far greater than either of these side effects, Dr. Bauer said. (The Food and Drug Administration just approved a new and different drug, ...

First, it highlights the danger that bone fractures —in particular, hip and spine fractures— pose to older adults. With five-year survival rates worse than for many kinds of cancer, the risk ...

One in five patients dies within a year of surgery for a hip fracture. Yet those at risk of a repeat fracture often fall between the cracks. After their broken bones have healed, ...

More than 300,000 Americans aged 65 and older are hospitalized for hip fractures each year. But researchers have found that even tiny lifestyle changes can boost bone strength to a level that ...

Hip fractures had the highest death risk: One year later, just 67.7 percent of men and 78.5 percent of women survived, compared with 92.2 percent of men with no fractures and 93.1 percent of women ...

An example of a minor fracture that may not require emergency care is a fracture of the tip of a toe. If you think that bones may be broken in the back, neck, or hip, or if bone is exposed, do not ...

Researchers analysed more than 1,000 patient implants in the UK and found that the fracture rate was 1.4 per cent in the cobalt CPT hip system compared to between 0.6 and 1.0 per cent in like-for ...