What´s snow got to do with it? Most elderly hip fractures occur in warm months and indoors
(WorldNews Health)

10.23.17 BOSTON - Think the shorter winter days, ice and snow put your older loved one at greater risk for a fall and broken hip? Think again. A preliminary study presented at the ANESTHESIOLOGY® 2017 annual meeting shows that the majority of falls occur during warm months, and a greater number of the falls happen indoors rather than out. `Falls are one of the most common health concerns facing the elderly today,` said Jason Guercio, M.D., M.B.A., study author, North American Partners in Anesthesiology at The Hospital of Central Connecticut in New Britain. `And this population is the fastest growing segment of the U.S. People 65 and older are...