In a significant shift of federal vaccine policy, the Food and Drug Administration announced Tuesday that access to updated ...

On the single-item measure of concern, high concern about falling increased the risk of future falls by 60% compared to low concern. Confidence in one’s ability to balance was found not to ...

Nearly 50 million prescriptions for gabapentin were written in 2020, but by 2022 those scripts had fallen by 20% after several studies found that the drug might increase fall risk for seniors.

or those with high fall risk, or older adults living in residential communities,” LeBoff said. Osteoporosis is a disease that causes bones to become so brittle that a fall or even a mild stress ...

When Irene Hobbs saw a flyer hanging at the Highland Senior Center promoting an upcoming fall risk assessment screening event, it came at the right time. Two weeks earlier, the 78-year-old fell in ...