People living with dementia who had hip fractures treated with surgery lived longer than those who didn’t have surgery, a new study finds. Choosing to undergo surgery can be a complicated decision for ...

July 31, 2012 -- Helping older people see more clearly may help to lower their risk for falls and potentially disabling hip fractures. A new study shows having surgery to correct cataracts may reduce ...

The decision to undergo surgery can be complicated for people living with dementia, not only due to limited decision-making capabilities, but also because participation in rehabilitation afterward is ...

Cataracts increased the risk of fracture by as much as 51%, which could be substantially reduced by cataract surgery, a systematic review and meta-analysis suggested. Cataract significantly increased ...

Researchers at Johns Hopkins University are leveraging the power of machine learning to improve X-ray-guided pelvic fracture surgery, an operation to treat an injury commonly sustained during car ...

Management of primary hyperparathyroidism with a simple surgical procedure to remove the benign tumor from the parathyroid significantly reduces fracture risk over time, whereas treatment with any of ...

Inflammation that doesn’t go away can change the structure of your spine. And if you have ankylosing spondylitis (AS), there’s about a 5% to 15% chance you may have a spinal fracture at some point in ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Rates of any fracture are higher for adults with hyperparathyroidism before surgery vs. healthy controls. Adults ...

UConn guard Paige Bueckers underwent a successful surgery on her left knee on Monday, the team announced on Tuesday. Bueckers is expected to miss eight weeks from her date of surgery to recover from ...