Monday, 9 January 2012

Emergency Rooms-Arthritis Care -Arm Injuries-Osteoporosis-Baby Boomers

Broken arms among boomers likely to rise: study

(Reuters) - Broken arms send several hundred thousand U.S. residents to emergency rooms each year, and the number may rise by nearly a third by 2030, when the youngest Baby Boomers will turn 65, according to a U.S. study. Arm injuries spike among women after 40 and men after 60, likely because of a combination of falls and Osteoporosis, and researchers writing in Arthritis Care & Research called for an increase in fracture prevention programs. ... read more..

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