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REAL-News --February-20252Dec 19

December 19, 2016 By Irv Rubenstein

Alzheimer’s Disease and Falling: A Neuro-Cognitive Disaster

A study from the University of Wisconsin asked why it is that those with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) tend to have more and more catastrophic falls than other older people with no cognitive impairment. Suffering three times the rate of falls as age- and gender-adjusted peers, those with AD, which affects mental and memory function, areRead More

Filed Under: Fitness Blog Tagged With: Alzheimer's disease, balance drills, cognitive function, gait

Jan 18, 2010

January 18, 2010 By Irv Rubenstein

Ski Safely

Dear blog-readers: It’s full blown winter now, esp in the high country. That means ski season is up and running. It also means for those who don’t live up there that that annual visit portends great risk, esp as the years pass and the body rusts. Here’s an article that reviews the myths of skiRead More

Filed Under: Fitness Blog Tagged With: balance drills, Johnson Paper, myths of ski injuries, proprioception, ski

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