Stroke doubles patients' risk of hip or thigh fracture

Friday, August 7, 2009 - 07:28 in Health & Medicine

Stroke survivors have about twice the risk of breaking a hip or femur compared to those without stroke - and the risk is even greater for younger patients, women and those with recent strokes, Dutch researchers report in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association...

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