The signs are already here: scarlet flashing on sumac shrubs, a reddish tinge in some kinds of maples, yellow leaves beginning to flutter down. The colors are telling us fall is here. Typically, the ...

The official start to fall is Thursday and for many in the region this season is indicative of change: change in temperatures, in the length of daylight hours and in the colors of the leaves. There is ...

One fall by an older adult can have a ripple effect that debilitates the patient and their family. There is the initial pain and injury, but the ongoing physical and mental health issues, treatment, ...

With falls causing millions of injuries in older adults each year, it is an increasingly important public health concern. Older adults living with dementia have twice the risk of falling and three ...

Q. We have several firebushes whose leaves never turn that spectacular red in the fall. They just remain green until they fall off. We have fed them spring and fall, and yet there are several other ...

Fall Risk Factors may ID older men and women at short- and long-term risk for injurious falls. HealthDay News — Older men and women have different fall risk profiles, according to a study published ...

Long-term care residents with a history of falls, cognitive decline and specific demographic characteristics were at greater likelihood for fall-related hospital transfers than those who did not have ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Fall has officially begun, and while the cooler months are ...

Falling is the opposite of climbing, which can explain why we apply every membrane between our ears toward getting up the rock, but dedicate precious little to hurtling down it. Falling, it seems, isn ...

A new study pinpointed seven factors that influence older adults and their families to use fall detection technology, according to a report published Tuesday in BMC Geriatrics. The team conducted ...

Cerritos Elementary School Principal Perla Chavez-Fritz, right, shows Los Angeles County Superintendent Debra Duardo a classroom at her school in Glendale, California, on May 26. (Al Seib/Los Angeles ...