8 Tips for Healthy Bones
It’s a fact of life: As you age, your bones become thinner and lose their density. Fortunately, you can take steps early on to strengthen your bone health and prevent osteopenia (bone thinning) and osteoporosis (late-stage bone loss). Bone health starts with proper nutrition, exercise and healthy lifestyle choices.
What Causes Hip Pain?
Hip pain causes include serious problems like a fracture or joint infection and less serious causes like bursitis.
Study: Depressive symptoms may be a modifiable factor to improve surgical outcomes
According to published results, preoperative depressive symptom burden treatment may improve patient-centered outcomes and health trajectories after surgery. Irena Cenzer, PhD, and colleagues for the Successful Aging after Elective Surgery study performed a prospective cohort study of 487 patients (mean age of 76.5 years) who underwent orthopedic, gastrointestinal or vascular surgery between June 8, 2010, and Aug. 8, 2013.
Cannabis use may be associated with complications after TJA
Cannabis use may be associated with higher odds of deep vein thrombosis and revisions after total knee arthroplasty. Cannabis use was associated with higher costs in total knee but not total hip arthroplasty.
Hip Fracture Dangers and Mortality Rates
A hip fracture, more common in older people, can reduce a person's ability to live independently and possibly shorten their life as well. If you are older and have a hip fracture, reduced mobility can lead to bed sores, blood clots in the legs or lungs, and the loss of muscle mass (which increases the risk of falls and re-injury).
