Doctors say that having a specific, crucial conversation can help you avoid a life-changing injury.

Artificial intelligence (AI) applied to abdominal imaging can help predict adults at higher risk of falling as early as ...

When it comes to accidental injuries in older adults, few things that scare me more than falls. I have seen it for myself as a nurse, and in the statistics about falls, falls cause very serious ...

A review that examined fall risk assessment tools for hospitalized older adults was somewhat inconclusive. Because of data limitations in the studies assessed, it was not clear which tools work best.

Carla, 84, suffered from chronic back pain while living independently. She was prescribed increasingly strong pain medications, from muscle relaxants to topical anesthetics and eventually narcotics.

When my family moved to New Hampshire going into my freshman year of high school, Dr. C. Everett Koop, President Ronald Reagan’s surgeon general, became my neighbor. As an aspiring doctor, I took ...

Researchers at the University of California San Diego have revealed promising results from a study evaluating the university's "Strong Foundations" program, a digitally delivered fall prevention ...

For older adults, minor falls can pose major threats, as their risk of death after a fall has tripled in the U.S. over the last 30 years. Some experts believe that certain medications — a category ...

The National Center for Patient Safety offers a free, downloadable pocket card designed to help healthcare providers measure the risk of patient falls. Healthcare providers can use the Morse Fall ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) applied to abdominal imaging can help predict adults at higher risk of falling as early as ...

The preoperative factors most strongly associated with a higher fall risk in the year after total hip arthroplasty included prior falls and depression. Prior falls, depression, and numerous other ...