In individuals over 70 or 80 years old, a single fall can be life-ending due to an injury that prevents them from regaining mobility and strength. — Whalespan
In individuals over 70 or 80 years old, a single fall can be life-ending due to an injury that prevents them from regaining mobility and strength.
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The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
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High-risk intervention — consult a physician before acting.Drug-drug interactions, dose-dependence, and screening contraindications apply.
“one of the things we talk about a lot with our patients is once you get to be 70 and certainly 80 years old you're kind of one fall away from the end of your life even if you don't die directly right so there's the catastrophic fall where you hit your head you have a cerebral hemorrhage and you die that's not the majority of them the real fall you are away from your the end of your life is the injury that basically never permits you to get get back on your feet”