FallInjuries Associated with Use of Assistive Devices
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Victoria PowellPosted
Thu 12 Nov 2009 10:02pm
that:
Each year in the US there are 47,312 nonfatal fallinjury ED visits associated with the use of canes and walkers by people 65+ years of age; 60% of these happen at home... adult cane-users as walker-users, this analysis found that:
Walkers are associated with 7 times as many ED fallinjury visits as canes.
Women are 2 ½ times more likely
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Pets cause fallinginjuries
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PetDocPosted
Fri 27 Mar 2009 9:33am
or cat. Over half the injuries with dogs were either falls or tripping over the pet or they were pushed or pulled by the pet."
The CDC also estimates that about 9 percent of the falls are because of tripping over a food bowl or toy. CNN offers the following advice:
Medical and veterinary experts had this advice for avoiding pet collisions:
Put your
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Autumn leaves are falling, falling, falling
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AllenPosted
Mon 17 Nov 2008 9:09pm
I was tired yesterday, so I took an extra rest day and ran this morning. My run was nice, but I was still a bit tired. My wakeup HR was 53. It rained during the night, and the temperature was 41F when I ran. After the run, my wife and I walked our 0.6 mile loop.
Leaves are falling, a nice fall day. The Utah ski resorts have 5 feet of snow already
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FallFallFall
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Bobbi M.Posted
Wed 23 Sep 2009 10:36pm
It’s officially fall! I so need to get out my decorations from last year:).
This morning I made some “Sunday” PB and Honey Oat Kashi Whole Wheat Waffles.
I also added some chopped pecans, in honor of today.
I had an egg on the side as well for a little extra protein to push me through the morning.
So glad you all liked our video last
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Fall-ing
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CPosted
Mon 02 Nov 2009 8:48am
It was one of those days you sometimes get lateish in the autumn when the sun beams, the birds toot, and there is a bracing tang in the airthat sends the blood beetling briskly through the veins.
-- P.G. Wodehouse, Jeeves and the Old School Chum
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Fall-ing
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CPosted
Mon 02 Nov 2009 10:02pm
It was one of those days you sometimes get lateish in the autumn when the sun beams, the birds toot, and there is a bracing tang in the airthat sends the blood beetling briskly through the veins.
-- P.G. Wodehouse, Jeeves and the Old School Chum
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It's Fall! It's Fall!
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Lisa ..Posted
Fri 23 Oct 2009 12:00am
Busy raking on an Autumn afternoon.
When most of the leaves had been gathered, Lorelai looked up at the source and decided to whack the tree a few good times to encourage more falling. Worked like a charm.
Once a respectable pile had been made the girls jumped on in....
...and spent the next few minutes returning the yard
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Falling for Fall Weddings
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pennylopePosted
Mon 26 Oct 2009 12:00am
On Friday, I drove up to Davidson, NC and met Meg and all the bridesmaids at the bridesmaids luncheon. Ate delishiousness. Then Meg gave us the best bridesmaids gifts–gifts tailored to each of us individually (which included a gift certificate to All 3 Sports–can’t get much more tailored to my personality really! note: [...]
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Reniger Falls (a.k.a. Niagara Falls)
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KellyPosted
Wed 21 Oct 2009 10:08pm
This past weekend we took a little trip to Niagara Falls. Ryan has been all about Niagara Falls (or Reniger Falls, as he says) for the past month, so we decided to surprise him and do a little overnight trip there. Niagara is about 3 hours or so from our house, so it was an easy and fun trip.
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