Every year, falls among older Americans result in about 3.6 million ER visits and 1.2 million hospital stays, costing roughly $80 billion.
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04/17/2016
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04/15/2016
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04/13/2016
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04/07/2016
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04/05/2016
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04/04/2016
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04/01/2016
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04/01/2016
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03/31/2016
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03/31/2016
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03/26/2016
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03/25/2016
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03/21/2016
Fitbit clinical trials (not the skeptics). And then there are the skeptics.
03/18/2016
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03/07/2016
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03/04/2016
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