The following is an installment of the "Try This" series published by the John A. Hartford Foundation Institute for Geriatric Nursing. The content is intended to encourage nurses to understand the ...

[6] Older adults who have cholecystitis have symptoms of right upper quadrant or epigastric pain with tenderness over the gallbladder. Other signs may be absent—more than half of older adults ...

Gabapentinoids -- pregabalin and gabapentin -- were tied to increased hip fracture risk in older adults. Gabapentinoids -- ...

Pain is the body's warning signal that something is wrong. Patients and physicians collaborate to identify and treat the ...

Adults with obesity had a 45% increased risk for chronic pain compared with adults of normal weight. Adults in the United States with obesity are at significant risk for chronic pain, according to ...

especially in older patients who were ... Research Shows Therapeutic Virtual Yoga Program Can Be Effective for Chronic Low Back Pain Nov. 1, 2024 — Researchers found that a 12-week therapeutic ...

A large-scale Australian study has found that older adults taking gabapentinoids — a common pain medication for nerve pain and epilepsy — face an increased risk of hip fracture, with especially high ...

A new study by medicine safety experts found the use of gabapentinoids -- medicines widely used to treat neuropathic pain -- increased the risk of hip fractures, especially in older patients who were ...

Dr. Barbara Krantz, medical director of Older Adults Program, Withdrawal Management and Chronic Pain for Caron Treatment Centers in Florida, said her practice has seen a "significant uptick" in ...

We all know the vital precautions to keep babies safe from respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). While the virus is the leading ...

Chronic joint pain, the other condition focused on in the study, is generally associated with osteoarthritis, which is very ...

The study, published today in JAMA Network Open, tracked patients hospitalized for hip fractures in Victoria, Australia from ...