Although no single risk factor causes all falls, the greater the number of risk factors to which an individual is exposed, the greater the probability of a fall and the more likely the results of the fall will threaten the person's independence.
Last week I did a commentary on how fortunate we are to have award-winning local news operations in Gainesville rather than relying on Atlanta media for information and opinion.
The arrival of the Gwinnett Braves in our area takes me back to another time and another part of Georgia when every town with more than one traffic light, it seems, had a minor league team.
The World Cancer Research Fund and the American Institute of Cancer Research published a report in 2007 entitled Food, Nutrition, Physical Activity and the Prevention of Cancer: A Global Perspective.