Calcium and vitamin D supplementation do not reduce the risk for falls or fractures among older adults, according to findings ...

Early intervention with a bone mineral density screening may help prevent major fractures in older men with prostate cancer who are treated with androgen deprivation therapy (ADT), a new study finds.

No clinically meaningful benefit for most older people About 30% of people aged 65 years and older, and more than half of ...

Correspondence to Dr Sally Hopewell, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7LD, UK; sally.hopewell{at}csm.ox.ac.uk Objective ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Osteoporosis should be recognized as a complication of type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Diabetes care and education ...

Despite use of advanced hemorrhage control interventions, more than one in three patients with hemodynamically unstable pelvic fractures died, a retrospective cohort study showed. Among nearly 1,400 ...

The ability to walk one kilometer comfortably can help predict fracture risk, according to researchers. The findings suggest that simply asking a patient about walking limitation could allow ...

Fracture-related infection (FRI) is a serious complication that can occur after surgical intervention for orthopedic trauma or fracture. When FRI occurs, bacteria reside in the bone and/or near the ...

Sacral insufficiency fractures are types of stress fractures that typically occur in older people, especially older people who were assigned female at birth with osteoporosis. As we age, our bodies ...

Falls, vehicle accidents, and assaults are the top causes of skull fractures [1]. Nausea, seizures, and consciousness changes may indicate brain injury [2]. Pediatric skull fractures often require ...