Wrist-worn voice recorders have been found to be a useful intervention in better understanding what happens when people lose their balance. A study has concluded that,...
Researchers have calculated the huge cost of fatal falls among older people in the US, with stark findings. Falls account for around one in five of...
Patients’ risk of falling in the next 12 months could be predicted from their NHS data using a newly developed calculator. eFalls is a falls prediction...
A study conducted by researchers at the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar) in Brazil and University College London (UCL), found the factors that increase the...
New research has revealed that devastating falls in residential aged care homes could be prevented by using gold standard approaches of regular exercise and a personalised...
A John Hopkins study reveals how timings of orthostatic hypotension impacted the risk of falls among older adults. A new study has brought critical insights into...
A new technology for estimating bone mineral density (BMD) from routine X-rays has received Breakthrough Device Designation from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). OsteoSight...
New results from a large 10-year study show fall risk and incidence in older adults can be significantly reduced through a modest amount of a particular...
A new study has found that age-related accumulation of abdominal fat is associated with lower muscle density, which could lead to worse balance and possibly an...
Targeting specific fall-risk factors could improve fall screening and prevention strategies.
