Jacqueline Center, PhD, co-lead of the Skeletal Diseases Program at Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Sydney, Australia, and conjoint professor at the School of Medicine at University of New South Wales. She is coauthor of the paper “Association of Multimorbidity and Excess Mortality After Fractures Among Danish Adults,” published in JAMA Network Open. Garvan.org.au
A broken rib or upper-arm bone might be more than a painful inconvenience. For some, it could increase the odds…
