Exercise Helps Reduce Falls in Young and Old

(HealthDay News) -- Regular exercise reduces the risk of falls in both young and old, a new study shows.

Falls are a major hazard in the United States, with about 19,000 people dying from them each year and an estimated 8 million seeking treatment in emergency rooms annually.

The protective effect of exercise was documented by University of Pittsburgh researchers, who analyzed data from people taking part in the Aerobics Center Longitudinal Study from 1970 to 1989 and in a follow-up survey conducted in 1990. The survey asked whether they had fallen within the previous year and, if so, what they were doing when they fell.

Participants also took a treadmill test and answered questions about how many minutes of aerobic exercise they got each week.

Twenty percent of the 10,615 participants, aged 20 to 87, reported falling in the previous year. Of those, 15 percent fell while walking.

In general, people need about two hours of exercise a week to reduce the risk of falls, the researchers found.

Women were 2.8 times more likely than men to fall while walking, but the women's fitness levels appeared to make little difference. Fitness levels in men were important, however: Men with low fitness levels were 2.2 times more likely to fall than men with high fitness levels. Read more...
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Hana

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Cest Magnifique

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day in berlin

me and the guero went on a tour today of Berlin and it turned out to be such a great experience. So amazing how the people of this city have overcome so many obstacles. I never realized how much this city has suffered during the last 100 years. I also have learned and been inspired by how the unification of a community can make change happen in a very drastic way. Futhermore I have learned r

ROS ROBERT

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Okay an early start in Bangkok allowed us to get the train 2 hours north to a city called Ayuthaya which is full of old temples and stuff. At first it was quite impressive and I really like the Cambodian style temples but you had to pay an entry fee to get into the grounds. And I wasn't doing that when I have a perfectly good zoom feature on my camera. Like I said the temples were impressive but

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I am sitting in my friend Johanna's apartment located near downtown Munich. Thanks to the noisy city traffic I am the first one up and so I finally have a minute to update my blog finishing the stories of our Kenyan adventure. The day following the last medical clinic we began our morning going out to a small village where a church in Garissa does a sports ministry and plays soccer with som

Just 24 hours to go

In the final stages of preparing for my first trip overseas I am so excited and can't wait. Hoping that this travel blog will help me stay in contact with my awesome son wonderful family and friends and bring everyone along on this incredible journey. When you click on the subscribe button and enter your email you will get a message when I post something from China. 24 hours to go and I am

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Learning and Ideas for Tibet… a wonderful organisation helping keep the fire of Tibet LIT

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Still Faithful

Tuesday June 29thDaily Information High temp 84Low temp 45Campground Elevation 6865 above sea levelHighest Elevation 8560 above sea levelLowest Elevation 5740 above sea levelTraveled 100 miles Departed 915AM Weather wonderful Little warmer today low humidity and no clouds.HighlightsContinental Divide three times 7988rsquo 8391rsquo 8262rsquoOld Faithful every ninety minutes or

Big Volcano

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Big States

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Trout for Breakfast

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