Rutgers: Blood Pressure Drugs More Than Double Bone-Fracture Risk in Nursing Home Patients
May 17, 2024
May 17, 2024
NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, May 17 (TNSres) -- Rutgers University issued the following news:
By Andrew Smith
Records from nearly 30,000 nursing home residents indicate that blood pressure medications more than double the risk of life-threatening bone fractures, according to Rutgers Health research.
The authors of the study, which appears in JAMA Internal Medicine, said the increased risk stems from the medications' tendency to impair balance, particularly wh . . .
By Andrew Smith
Records from nearly 30,000 nursing home residents indicate that blood pressure medications more than double the risk of life-threatening bone fractures, according to Rutgers Health research.
The authors of the study, which appears in JAMA Internal Medicine, said the increased risk stems from the medications' tendency to impair balance, particularly wh . . .