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The New York Times, recently ran this story about this new report about Hip Fractures, that researchers have identified the risk factors that increase the likelihood someone might have a broken hip. The researchers have identified about 11 risk factors to help doctors identify women at most risk of a broken hip in their later years. This report is published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

The more interesting thing is if you want to check your risk level for a broken hip in your later years, they now have a hip fracture risk calculator that assesses your risk level. Would be interesting to see how well this calculator estimates the risk across the various population segments. Nevertheless, tools like these can be useful in giving early indications of potential problems, if we are alert to make the necessary changes and prevent or reduce our risk of a fracture.