University of Queensland research shows there is more at play than just a sinking feeling when you stumble during movement or trip in a hole in the ground. Depending on the situation, a complex system of energy absorption is taking place in either the knee, hip or ankle joints to…
Kidney disease linked to increased risk of falling
Kidney disease causes middle-aged people to be as susceptible to falling as older adults, say researchers from Ball State University. “Epidemiology of falls and fall-related injuries among middle-aged adults with kidney disease” recently published by the journal International Urology and Nephrology, found that people with chronic kidney disease (CKD) were…
US preschoolers less pudgy in latest sign of falling obesity
Preschoolers on government food aid have grown a little less pudgy, a U.S. study found, offering fresh evidence that previous signs of declining obesity rates weren’t a fluke. Obesity rates dropped steadily to about 14% in 2016—the latest data available—from 16% in 2010, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…
Home exercise program reduces rate of falling in at-risk seniors
An in-home exercise program reduced subsequent falls in high-risk seniors by 36 per cent, according the results of a 12-month clinical trial published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The study, conducted by UBC faculty of medicine researchers in partnership with the clinical team at the Falls…
Policy analyst on falling birth rates: Rhetoric from the left contributing to 'change in norms'
US birth rate falls to lowest number in 32 years What do the latest CDC statistics reveal about the American family? Independent Women’s Forum senior policy analyst Patrice Onwuka weighs in. In response to new statistics revealing the United States has hit its lowest birth rate in 32 years, Independent Women's Forum…
Child vaccination levels falling short in large parts of Africa
A study by the University of Southampton shows that several low-and middle-income countries, especially in Africa, need more effective child vaccination strategies to eliminate the threat from vaccine-preventable diseases. Geographers from the University’s WorldPop group found diphtheria, tetanus and whooping cough (pertussis) vaccination levels in Nigeria, Democratic Republic of the…
Kentucky cheerleader dies after falling ill at competition
Kentucky community mourns the loss of cheerleader who died suddenly Vigil held at Highlands High School in Fort Thomas, Kentucky for eighth-grader Lilliana Schalck who died suddenly before a cheerleading competition. A Kentucky community is mourning the sudden death of an eighth-grade student who complained of feeling ill while at…
Almost All U.S. Teens Falling Short on Sleep, Exercise
TUESDAY, Feb. 5, 2019 — Too little sleep. Not enough exercise. Far too much “screen time.” That is the unhealthy lifestyle of nearly all U.S. high school students, new research finds. The study, of almost 60,000 teenagers nationwide, found that only 5 percent were meeting experts’ recommendations on three critical…