The risk of a fall is one of the greatest dangers facing older people. According to the National Institutes of Health, more than 1.6 million older adults in the United States go to the emergency room for fall-related injuries each year. A bad fall can result in severe cuts and bruises, eye injury, dislocated joints, damage to the spleen or liver, head trauma or even death - and more than one in three people age 65 or older fall each year.
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Osteoporosis: Causes
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CausesBecause the patterns of reforming and resorbing bone often vary from patient to patient, doctors believe several different factors account for... Read more »
Osteoporosis
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