Stroke doubles patients' risk of hip or thigh fracture

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. "Our findings imply that it is important to conduct fracture risk assessment immediately after a patient is hos

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