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Hip break could increase stroke risk

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By ABC7
Monday, January 10, 2011
January 7, 2011

The study out of Taiwan found that patients with a broken hip had more than a 50 percent increased risk of having a stroke within a year of their injury compared to similar patients with no fractures.

Still, doctors aren't sure what is responsible for the added risk; it could be physical inactivity and psychological stress that comes after a broken hip.

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