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  2. Falling when you're elderly is dangerous. Here's how it ... - AOL

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    Fall prevention is critical, particularly in older adults, Dr. Kathryn Boling, a primary care physician at Baltimore's Mercy Medical Center, tells Yahoo Life. “It’s important to get things out ...

  3. Falls in older adults - Wikipedia

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    In the United States alone, the total cost of falling injuries for people 65 and older was $31 billion in 2015. The costs covered millions of hospital emergency room visits for non-fatal injuries and more than 800,000 hospitalizations. By 2030, the annual number of falling injuries is expected to be 74 million older adults. [38]

  4. Geriatric trauma - Wikipedia

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    However, elderly patients with severe trauma often do not meet the standard TTA criteria due to normal age-related changes and reduced physiologic capacities. For example, older adults have a less profound tachycardic response to hemorrhage, pain, or anxiety following trauma. This explains why mortality increases in the elderly above a heart ...

  5. Video shows elderly woman knocked unconscious during road ...

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    Police are looking for a man involved in a road rage fight at LAX that put an elderly woman in the hospital after she was knocked down in the scuffle.

  6. Older adults have a higher risk of falling. Experts share the ...

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    As we get older, the risks of falling increase. Balance and vision decline, while medical conditions such as low blood pressure and even age-related delays in reaction time can all contribute to ...

  7. Buffalo police shoving incident - Wikipedia

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    During the George Floyd protests in New York state, the Mayor of Buffalo, Byron Brown, instituted a daily curfew in the city from 8:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. Not long after the curfew began on June 4, Buffalo Police Department officers and New York State Police officers swept through Niagara Square, where a protest was winding down. [15]

  8. AI could cut the number of elderly people falling at home - AOL

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    The company behind the platform hopes it could lead to a reduction in the number of admissions to hospital of older people

  9. Kodokushi - Wikipedia

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    Kodokushi (孤独死) or lonely death is a Japanese phenomenon of people dying alone and remaining undiscovered for a long period of time. [1] First described in the 1980s, [1] kodokushi has become an increasing problem in Japan, attributed to economic troubles and Japan's increasingly elderly population.