Accidental Fall

In a draft recommendation statement, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force said that vitamin D supplementation with or without calcium does not prevent falls in women who have gone through menopause and men aged 60 years and older.

Older adults undergoing cancer treatment exhibited reduced risk for falling if they had discussions about physical activity with their health care provider, according to study results.

Women who met WHO’s recommended weekly level of leisure-time physical activity were at a reduced risk for both noninjurious and injurious falls, a study showed.

Falls in an inpatient cancer rehabilitation unit occurred less frequently than previous studies have estimated and usually caused patients no harm, according to data published in JCO Oncology Practice.

For healthy older patients, an aspirin a day does not reduce fracture risk and might increase the risk for serious falls, according to researchers.

Calf circumference, higher BMI and age are predictors of falls among older patients on hemodialysis, according to data published in the Journal of Renal Nutrition.

DENVER — Prospectively recorded falls could help predict future falls for patients with glaucoma, according to a study presented at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology meeting.

A fall prevention toolkit that engages hospitalized patients and their families was linked to fewer falls and injuries, according to research published in JAMA Network Open.

Among patients with recent stroke, BP treatment to a target of less than 130 mm Hg systolic was linked to lower risk for orthostatic hypotension compared with treatment to a target of 130 mm Hg to 149 mm Hg systolic, researchers reported that the American Heart Association’s Hypertension Scientific Sessions.

Use of a specific modular femoral revision system yielded excellent component survivorship for patients undergoing revision total hip arthroplasty, according to results.