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I say deadly, because a surprising number of patients die within a year of a hip fracture.“...Women sustaining a hip fracture had a 5-fold increase and men almost an 8-fold increase in relative likelihood of death within the first 3 months as compared with age- and sex-matched controls” Phy MP, Vanness Dj, Melton LJ III, et al. Effects of a hospitalist model on elderly patients with hip fracture. Arch Intern Med. 2005;165(7):796-801 (PubMed)A test to really answer the question, “Am I losing bone now, or am I building bone?” is the Telopeptide Cross-Links (NTx), urine. This is a simple 2nd morning voiding of urine collected and sent to the lab. The desired number should be less than 36. For the majority of women with hormone levels in the young adult range, daily weight bearing, adequate D & K vitamin levels, bone loss will not be an issue. 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