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More than 300,000 people in the U.S. will have hip replacement surgery this year, followed by weeks of recovery. But experts say there are some things you can do to speed up the recovery afterwards.

An international group of more than 40 of the top bone health experts, professional organizations, and patient advocacy groups dedicated to reducing secondary fractures, issued updated recommendations at the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research 2018 Annual Meeting in Montreal.

Many people experience hip pain at some point in their life. It s a condition that can be caused by a variety of issues. Knowing where your pain is co...

During hip replacement surgery, a surgeon will remove damaged or diseased parts of the joint and replace them with man-made parts. The replaced hip should last about 15 to 20 years, the US. National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases says.

Treating young athletes with chronic hip pain may be the key to slowing or halting the progression of degenerative hip disease. Recently, increased understanding of hip structural abnormalities has allowed specialists to better identify underlying hip conditions that previously went unrecognized and...

Drugs commonly used to treat heartburn and acid reflux may raise the risk for hip fractures among dialysis patients by nearly 20 percent, a new study suggests. Many people with kidney failure take medications called proton pump inhibitors (PPIs), which curb production of stomach acid.

Discontinuing the use of bisphosphonates for more than 2 years has been linked to increase risk for hip fracture in women, according to research presented at the ASBMR 2018 annual meeting.

Modest improvements in quadricep strength are associated with better performance in chair-stand tests among women  but not men  who are at risk for ...

A person may have knee surgery to treat pain in the joint due to an injury, such as torn cartilage or a torn ligament. It can also treat other conditions, such as osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, and post-traumatic arthritis.

Former professional football players who suffer tears to their anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in the course of their careers appear to face an elevated long-term risk of heart attack, according to a study led by investigators at Harvard Medical School.