“When thinking about staying healthy, your home may seem like the safest place. A big part of being healthy means preventing accidents and injuries in your own home. In order to improve your well-being, consider the following tips for reducing falls, lessening household chemical incidents, properly managing medications and disposing of sharps appropriately,” says Marie… Continue reading Healthy Home Advice: Falls, Chemicals, Medications, and Sharps
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Virtual Reality Tests Balance in Glaucoma Patients
Falls are the leading cause of injury-related death and morbidity in older adults, especially those with a chronic eye disease such as glaucoma. To investigate this problem, a multidisciplinary group of researchers has become the first to use virtual reality technology to develop a new method for measuring balance control in those with glaucoma. The… Continue reading Virtual Reality Tests Balance in Glaucoma Patients