Older adults who experience injurious falls are more likely to develop dementia within a year of their accident compared to ...

Older people with dementia have high rates of fall-related injury with consequences including institutionalization and death. Fall Risk Factors in Cognitive Impairment & Dementia Neurodegenerative ...

At Sanford Health’s emergency room, officials report seeing hundreds of patients with fall-related injuries each winter, primarily fractures and traumatic brain injuries. This year, the number ...

Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Otago Medical School, Dunedin, New Zealand Correspondence to: M M Gardner, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Dunedin School of ...

The negative health impacts of alcohol have been in the spotlight since the surgeon general’s recent advisory, and now ...

According to the National Institute of Aging, older people are more likely to be affected by the cold. The elderly may not be aware when their body temperature becomes too cold, which can become a ...

older adults are especially at risk, with unintentional falls being a major cause of TBI-related death. American Indian or Alaska Native people also have higher rates of these fatal injuries ...

UPMC Hamot doctors said they have treated around 50 patients for fall injuries, while Saint Vincent has seen more than two ...

Using data from 638,999 patients, a new study by a research team at the Warren Alpert Medical School found that the incidence ...

Hamot doctors said they have treated around 50 patients for fall injuries ... fractures in elderly patients, and some head contusions as well." Many of the injuries happened while people were ...