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Falls among elderly people are significantly associated with several classes of drugs, according to a study by the University of British Columbia. The study, published Nov. 23 in the Archives of Internal Medicine, provides the latest quantitative evidence of the impact of certain classes of medication on falling among seniors. Falling and fall-related complications such as [...] Fractures most common injury; one in three injuries required hospitalization From 2001 to 2006, an average of 129 Americans ages 65 and older were treated in emergency departments each day—a total of more than 47,000 each year—for injuries from falls that involved walkers and canes, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study published [...] |
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