News tagged with hyperkyphosis

Elderly women with 'dowager's hump' may be at higher risk of earlier death

(PhysOrg.com) -- Hyperkyphosis, or "dowager's hump" -- the exaggerated forward curvature of the upper spine seen commonly in elderly women -- may predict earlier death in women whether or not they have vertebral osteoporosis, ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

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