Recovery from a serious fall depends on a patient’s health trajectory before the fall, according to research published in JAMA Internal Medicine. Researchers followed more than 700 geriatric patients ...

A fall may be minor, leading only to a bit of bruising. But some can cause traumatic brain injuries, broken bones, even death. In fact, falls are a leading cause of death for adults over 65, and each ...

The flight started smoothly, just another routine trip through the sky. Then came the announcement: “There is going to be moderate turbulence when we get over northern Kentucky.” I barely registered ...

Consumer Reports has no financial relationship with any advertisers on this site. A fall may be minor, leading to only a bit of bruising. But some can cause traumatic brain injuries, broken bones, ...

Falls represent a major cause of injury and loss of independence in older adults. Recent advances in balance training have focussed on perturbation‐based methods that challenge the neuromuscular ...