By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterTUESDAY, Jan. 20, 2026 (HealthDay News) — AI can predict a person’s risk of a fall ...

While all medications carry potential side effects, certain types have been shown to increase the risk of falls, confusion ...

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.

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

Losing your balance can be an unsettling experience. If you fall, it can be dangerous as well. And unfortunately, falls and fall-related injuries are common occurrences. According to the World Health ...

WINNIPEG, Canada, October 27, 2025 (EZ Newswire) -- Falls are among the most severe dangers to older adults, which in most cases result in injuries that may alter the life of a senior. The World ...

Death rates from falls jumped more than 70% for older adults in the last 20 years Death rates from falls among older adults have surged in the last 20 years, as the American population ages and more ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Older adults who wore progressive-addition lenses had the greatest fall rate. PALs wearers were two times more ...

July 19, 2010 — A fall-prevention program is not shown to be effective in reducing falls among high-risk, cognitively intact older persons, according to the results of a randomized controlled trial ...

Regular readers of the Aging Brain, Aging Body blog series, know that fall-related anxiety, or ‘fear of falling’, can increase the likelihood that an older will experience a fall. (If you haven’t read ...