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...fall and others see it coming early in 2010. There is a near certainty that the nausea inducing drop from the fourth quarter of last year through March is over. It is either over because of the economy's natural resilience or the money poured into the economic system by the Fed and other central banks. Before anyone figures out for sure why things have started to improve, it will be too late to matter for anyone other than the historians. There will be another financial and market catastrophe in the fall, if none of the remedies has worked...
Doctors still don't know what causes vestibular dysfunction or why it is so common. The vestibular system in the inner ear is made up of three semicircular canals and two otolith organs that continuously send messages to the brain about the head's rotation and motion as well as its orientation relative to gravity. Humans keep their balance using the vestibular system's signals, along with visual cues and touch sensations. When the inner-ear signaling process is disrupted, it directly affects a person's ability to maintain equilibrium...
Indeed, according to the study, preventing tumbles could save the U.S. health-care system billions of dollars. More than 15,000 Americans die each year as a result of a fall, but far more - approximately 3 million - are injured. Falls not only cause physical injuries, such as hip fractures and organ damage, but also often lead to patients' loss of independence. And the costs to treat such outcomes add up quickly. Direct costs for medical care related to falls exceed $20 billion annually, according to data published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 2006. "By employing effective...
...sugars found in food. (In Type 2, or adult-onset, diabetes the pancreas continues to make insulin, but the body fails to respond properly to the hormone's signals.) While it is not yet clear what causes Type 1 diabetes, some experts believe that a patient's own immune system starts to attack insulin-producing cells in the pancreas, ultimately leading to a drop-off in hormone production. (Watch TIME's video "Uninsured Again...
...California, home to the country's largest state prison system, more than 2,800 cell phones were confiscated from inmates last year, double the number seized in 2007. But the problem isn't limited to California. State and federal prisons across the country are grappling with what officials say is an epidemic of cell-phone use among inmates. (See TIME's photo-essay on the long odyssey of the cell phone...