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.

McDermott, C. L., et al. (2025) Fall Risk and Medication Use Near End of Life Among Adults With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases Journal of the COPD ...

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 ...

But many people who take daily medications are unaware that certain drugs in their pill box can also increase their risk of falling, which can lead to devastating, even fatal, complications. Falls are ...

As confidence in the forecast continues to grow, meteorologists say there could be heavy snowfall, particularly north of ...

UK GDP Misses Forecasts: BoE rate cut speculation rises as three-monthly growth stalls amid weak services and production data. December CPI rises 0.4%, annual inflation hits 2.9%. Core inflation ...

School board member Megan Witt will step down at the end of the month, as her family is moving out of the district.

"It is possible that falls serve as a sentinel event that marks a future risk for dementia," explain physician Alexander Ordoobadi from Brigham and Women's Hospital and colleagues in their paper.