About 36 million falls are reported among the elderly each year, resulting in more than 32,000 deaths (This is astounding to me!) About 3 million elderly adults are treated in the ER for a fall injury ...

Purpose. The influence of medications and diagnoses on fall risk in psychiatric inpatients was evaluated. Methods. In this retrospective case–control study, psychiatric inpatients age 18 years ...

Middle-aged women who report higher levels of physical activity have a lower risk for falls in subsequent years. Additionally, those who experience injurious falls are less likely to engage in ...

The adjusted likelihood for an injurious fall in adults with COPD was elevated with a fall-risk increasing drug prescription, ...

"Fall-risk increasing drugs are commonly prescribed to people with COPD because they experience a high number of symptoms and conditions that indicate use of these drugs," said Cara L. McDermott ...