Health

Deadly falls rise 31 percent in 10 yrs among US seniors

People age 65 and older are falling at an increasing rate across the United States, with deadly tumbles among the elderly rising by nearly a third since 2007, US health officials said Thursday.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Steroid therapy increases risk of blood clots five-fold in IBD patients

Compared with biologic therapy, corticosteroid (steroid) use is associated with a nearly five-fold increase of venous thromboembolism in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients, according to a new study in Clinical Gastroenterology ...

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