An advancing bad case of Osteoporosis can potentially cause you become less mobile and can lead to results as bad as being disabled should you fall and have a fracture or as the vertebral bodies collapse. The National Osteoporosis Foundation estimates that almost 50 million senior Americans over age 50 are in this or another…
Month: November 2016
Influenza and Pneumonia
As harmless as this two widespread things might sound to a teenager or an average adult, these are some real health risks when you’re of a senior age… Luckily, neither the flu nor pneumonia are chronic conditions, these infections are sitting at the very top in the list of most common causes of death for…
Injuries Caused by Falls
While not a very typical health risk for younger people, due to the fact that their bones are much stronger and much less prone to fracturing due to an injury, the older you get – the more careful should you be about falling. Just to get you glimpse of the situation at hand, each year,…