RESEARCHERS DEVISE COMPUTER PROGRAM TO PREDICT WOMEN’S FIVE-YEAR RISK OF HIP FRACTURE

Each year in the U.S., more than three-hundred-thousand hip fractures occur, mostly in women. These fractures are painful, costly and associated with a high rate of death. So it would be helpful to know your specific risk for having a hip fracture, so you’d know if you should take medication or try other things to prevent it, right? A new study may help.

Blip | November 28, 2007

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