Falls commonly occur in elderly people aged 65 years and older, and account for more than 25% of emergency room visits every year. Many falls lead to head and hip injury. Those people that are lucky not to injure their head or hip often end up with short term and long term pain. Almost one-third of people who fall are hospitalized, costing the healthcare system over 30 billion dollars every year
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The average American has about 3-5 bowel movements a week. One in three older adults report having constipation and more than 70,000 people are hospitalized every year because of constipation. Constipation happens when the number of bowel movements decreases or when a person starts having hard stool. People strain during constipation and this can cause bleeding, make hemorrhoids worse and in severe cases
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By the time we are five years old it is almost a guarantee that you have taken medications more than a few times. Our current healthcare system is built around prescribing medications for any health concerns, rather than preventing them in the first place. In 2009 medications were advertised more than 80 times every hour, across TV stations in America, every day. This number is even higher now. It is common to look at any cabinet of any typical
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