Jacinta Flood, the High Court heard, was recovering from surgery for a benign brain tumour at the Dublin hospital six years ...

The High Court has approved a settlement of €2 million in the case of a woman who fell while alone in a toilet cubicle a ...

A woman who allegedly fell in a toilet cubicle of Beaumont Hospital a day and a half after brain surgery has settled a High ...

A woman who it was claimed fell in a toilet cubicle of Beaumont Hospital a day-and-a-half after brain surgery has settled a ...

New data has revealed that a total of 3,662 elderly individuals (65+) required hospital transport across Mid Yorkshire ...

A new study by researchers at Peking University and the Chinese PLA General Hospital has found that multimorbidity-living with multiple chronic diseases-is closely associated with worsening fall ...

The findings come from an accrediting body following a patient death last week at the pychiatric hospital in Salem.

Ambulatory clinic settings pose unique challenges to mitigating patients’ fall risks, but these interventions can help ensure patient safety.

Falls among older adults represent a growing public health challenge, particularly in low- and middle-income countries like China. While many studies have linked chronic conditions to fall risks, less ...

Background Inpatient falls are adverse events that often result in injury due to complex interactions between the hospital ...

There are occasionally hospital patients during every severe flu season who don’t fall in the high-risk groups and are middle age and younger, Fitzgibbons said. “It’s another sign that influenza does ...

Such claims are nothing new: Self-proclaimed health prophets and doomsayers have been around for a long time, promising to ...