Health Expectations An International Journal of Public Participation in Health Care & Health PolicyLee DCA, Day L, Hill K, Clemson L, McDermott F, Haines TP. What factors influence older adults to discuss falls with their health‐care providers? Health Expect. 2013....
What should I know about falls if my child has a disability?Your child's risk for falls is higher if he or she has a medical condition that decreases movement. Your child can fall while he or she is being moved or the position is being changed. If your child is in a wheelchair, he...
If you’re interested in older news (and six months is old when it comes to the climate, because it’s all escalating so quickly now), here is thefull year for 2022, thefull year for 2021, andthe full year for 2020. If you want to keep up to date on the b...
In older adults, AMS may be caused by a combination of these factors. The following are some of the most common causes of AMS:Diseases or conditions in the body that can affect your brain and nervous system: Hypoxia (low oxygen levels) Low or high blood sugar levels, or diabetic ...
Preventing falls has been, continues to be, and likely always will be so very important. “Stats show us that one-in-four older adults over the age of 65 fall every year,” according to Sara Pappa, Coordinator for the Northern Virginia Falls Prevention Alliance and assistant professor at Mar...
If you work while receiving Social Security benefits before reaching full retirement age and see a change in benefits, the adjustment is only temporary. "This is not a permanent reduction," said Kris Jerke, president of Ascend Financial in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, in an e...
Seven nations have a double digit decrease in concern from a year ago. Notably, Argentina (48%) and Poland (39%) have both seen falls of 20 points since this time last year. Similarly, concern in Sweden (14%) is down 19pp since last July. ...
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Selenium supplementation has beneficial and detrimental effects on immunity to influenza vaccine in older adults. Clin. Nutr. 2017, 36, 407–415. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] [Green Version] Vinceti, M.; Filippini, T.; Rothman, K.J. Selenium exposure and the risk of type 2 diabetes: A ...
The seeds inside the fruit of a plant must be redistributed to make new plants, a process called seed dispersal. In nature this often happens when the fruit ripens and falls off the plant onto the ground. The flesh of the fruit rots and exposes the seed inside, which is fertilized...