Elderly women with 'dowager's hump' may be at higher risk of earlier death
Friday, May 22, 2009 - 07:28
in Health & Medicine
Hyperkyphosis, or 'dowager's hump' - the exaggerated forward curvature of the upper spine seen commonly in elderly women - may predict earlier death in women whether or not they have vertebral osteoporosis, UCLA researchers have found...