The cost of fatal falls among older people (45–85+) trump those of firearm deaths in the US, finds research published in the open access journal Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open. The stark economics ...

SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — Utah’s national parks, with their rugged, untamed landscapes, draw adventure-seekers from around the world, but their sheer cliffs and exposed trails are also places where a ...

Older U.S. adults are increasingly dying from unintentional falls, according to a new federal report published Wednesday, with white people accounting for the vast majority of the deaths. From 2003 to ...

Fatal falls among older Americans have nearly tripled in recent years — increasing to more than 25,000 deaths nationwide — according to recently published research. Deaths from falls among adults ages ...

Patients died or got seriously injured from falling in Minnesota hospitals in record numbers last year, when they struggled with greater frailty and confusion and took more prescription drugs. The ...