by Bruce Brown | August 15, 2022 | Health
Falls among older adults are common, costly, and, much too often, fatal. The CDC’s 2019 statistics on older adult falls include 3 million falls that required emergency department visits and $50 billion in annual medical costs, 75% paid by Medicare and Medicaid....
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by Bruce Brown | November 9, 2018 | General News, Health
Many seniors live in dread of falls. If you fall and break your hip, as my Mother did as we were leaving a restaurant in early February a few years back, you might not get home for months. My Mom didn’t go home until the end of May. As we wrote in June this...
by Bruce Brown | September 6, 2018 | General News, Medical
As a member of the 65+ years old cohort, I have a keen interest in statements about health and wellness issues purportedly common to my age group. I already knew that seniors tend to have higher blood pressure levels, greater chances of obesity, diabetes, and...
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by Bruce Brown | July 12, 2018 | General News, Health
Falls are dangerous and costly, especially for the elderly. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), each year there are more than 29 million falls and 28,000 fall-related deaths among older Americans, resulting in more than $31 billion in...
by Bruce Brown | February 7, 2018 | General News, Health
Last year, after CES 2017, Health Tech Insider Editor, Publisher, and Chief of Everything Else Alfred Poor wrote about health tech that stays out of the way but earns its keep with substantiated results. In the article about proven clinically accurate health tech that...
