Playing Catch Can Improve Balance and Prevent Falls (Video)
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Playing Catch Can Improve Balance and Prevent Falls
Playing Catch Can Improve Balance and Prevent Falls The simple training exercise of catching a weighted medicine ball can improve balance and may help prevent falls in the elderly, according to research at the University of Illinois at Chicago. When someone is jostled by a bump or a stumble, the...
Visually Impaired Individuals at Significant Greater Risk of Diminished Balance (VIDEO)
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Visually Impaired Individuals at Significant Greater Risk of Diminished Balance
Wear them if you need them! UC Davis Health System Eye Center research has found that visually impaired individuals and those those who could benefit from glasses to achieve normal vision but donÛªt wear glasses ÛÓ have a significantly greater risk of diminished balance than individuals with normal vision.The research...
Drink Wine Fall Less (VIDEO)
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Drink Wine Fall Less
Sounds too good to be true huh!åÊ Because the inclination is to believe the more you drink the more unstable you become and the more likely to fall. For eight weeks, scientists at Duquesne University, led by Assistant Professor of Pharmacology Jane E. Cavanaugh, Ph.D., fed old and young mice...
10 Myths About Falls from NCOA
The National Council on Aging (NCOA) has published myths related to falling. According to the NCOA, many people think falls are a normal part of aging. The truth is, they’re not. Most falls can be preventedäóîand you have the power to reduce your risk.æ Exercising, managing your medications, having your...