Overweight & Obesity

How weight loss is linked to future health for older adults

Studies describing the effects of weight loss on health rarely consider age. However, weight loss during middle age likely has different effects on your health than does weight loss when you're 65-years-old or older—especially ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Hip fracture patients leaving hospital need osteoporosis plan

Patients leaving hospital after a hip fracture should be given an osteoporosis plan as a priority, says the Australian and New Zealand Hip Fracture Registry, based at Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA).

Surgery

Lower post-op mortality with hip fx surgery on day of admission

(HealthDay)—Postoperative mortality is lower for medically stable older patients who undergo surgery for hip fracture on the day of admission or the following day, according to a study published in the Aug. 7 issue of CMAJ, ...

Surgery

One-third of Canadian patients get hip fx repair within 24 hours

WEDNESDAY, Aug. 8, 2018 (HealthDay News)— Only one-third of Canadian patients received hip fracture repair surgery within the desired 24 hours, according to a Canadian study published in the June 11 issue of CMAJ, the journal ...

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