More Seniors Are Dying In Falls. Doctors Could Do More To Reduce The Risk.

(By Judith Graham for Kaiser Health News)

Older adults worried about falling typically receive general advice: Take an exercise class. Get your vision checked. Stop taking medications for sleep. Install grab bars in the bathroom.

A new study suggests that sort of advice hasn’t proved to be very effective: Nearly three times more adults age 75 and older died from falls in 2016 than in 2000, according to a recent report in the Journal of the American Medical Association.  Continue reading article here…

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