A Southport care home has been served two warning notices following a Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection which found ...

Recent guidance from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) states that falls remain a leading cause of injury among older adults in the UK, with home hazard assessments ...

A recent drug user’s assessment conducted in Suva has revealed worrying trends in methamphetamine injection practices that ...

Doing targeted COPD case finding as part of NHS lung cancer checks could save £33m over the next decade, research has shown.

UK's largest online chemist said it has recorded an 81 per cent month-on-month increase in Covid test sales, reflecting a ...

Researchers examined the risk factors for falls within 1 year of receiving total hip arthroplasty among older patients.

Age UK Lancashire have been awarded vital funding through Spring North to deliver a new Hospital Avoidance Project in ...

It was the middle of the night on April 2, 2024, when Teela Banister went into labor. She and her husband raced out the door of their rural home on the outskirts of Baker City in Eastern Oregon, ...

Mercy Health-St. Elizabeth Youngstown (Ohio) Hospital is at risk of losing Medicare funding after CMS on Sept. 3 found the hospital — a Level I trauma center and primary stroke center — to be out of ...

More older adults are dying from falls and experts say some common medications may be contributing. In a new report published in JAMA, public health expert Dr. Thomas A. Farley said the risk of death ...

Medicare covers fall risk assessments during routine preventive visits for beneficiaries enrolled in Part B. If you have a history of recent falls or issues with walking and balance, you may be a ...