Falls treated as complicated medical events instead of routine part of getting old
(NEWSER) - Falling and breaking a hip is so common among the elderly it's been considered an inevitable sign of aging, but medical experts have now developed complex protocols to both prevent and treat breaks that often trigger a spiral of decline, the New York Times reports. Even minor falls "need to be taken as seriously as diabetes," a professor of geriatrics tells John Leland, who follows the cases of two women—a 94-year-old who recovered her mobility, and an 87-year-old who died within months. More»
