As adults get older, there comes a point where they will start to lose some mobility. Eventually, they will be at a greater risk of falling and becoming injured. In fact, one out of three adults over the age of 65 will fall at least once per year. Many times these falls are caused because they are trying to get in and out of the bathtub but because of their decrease in mobility they are not able to do so.
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If you have tried everything to stop your snoring, but it is still there and is affecting your spouse, you might want to look into surgery for snoring. While surgery is typically the last option used for snoring, it can make a big difference when nothing else works. Here are three things you should know about surgery for snoring.
What causes snoring?
Snoring is something that affects approximately 90 million adults in the U.
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Your eyes are one of the most important organs in your body. It is vital that you properly care for your eyes, but many people do not take the necessary steps to ensure that they are caring for their eyes. Here are some things that you should be doing often to protect your eyes.
1. Protect Your Eyes From The Sun
Everyone knows that it is important to wear sunscreen. Your skin can easily become damaged in the sun.
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When it comes to the medical field, practice very definitely makes perfect. But when it comes to surgery time, doctors can't have time to practice -- they need to get it right every single time, no matter the technique or the patient. For this reason, some medical schools will have their students practice on pigs -- dead or anesthetized, whole or in parts -- in order to make sure they've got the method down pat.
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When the character of Lady Sybil from the popular television show Downton Abbey died during childbirth, it may have seemed to many viewers like an artifact of the times. After all, the show is a historical drama, and the episode was set in 1920, nearly a hundred years ago. It's easy to think of childbirth as being much more dangerous in the past, with more primitive medical techniques and less sophisticated equipment.
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