Fall Risk
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"Many medications acting on the central nervous system, when combined with alcohol, may result in enhanced sedation which increases an older adults' risk of falling and experiencing an injurious fall," said study author Grainne Cousins, PhD, Royal College of Surgeons.
Recent study findings published online in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society suggest that hearing aid use delays the diagnosis of Alzheimer Disease, dementia, depression, anxiety, and…
In a recent study, researchers measured markers of subclinical cardiovascular disease and found that older adults with certain markers are at an increased risk of falls.