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 ...

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 ...

Study will track how adults 65 or older living with obesity respond to activity and nutrition coaching. Setting out to prove ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

Chronic joint pain, the other condition focused on in the study, is generally associated with osteoarthritis, which is very common in the elderly. The findings underscore the need to pay more ...