The Great Kidney Caper: Can you insure your body parts?

The Great Kidney Caper: Can you insure your body parts?

What do a Newark, N.J.-based mortician, a California-based businessman, and a dentist and his seven mortician-cronies from the East Coast all have in common? They have all ravaged funeral homes and medical facilities for body parts, engaging in multi-million dollar schemes to sell them on the body part black market. But this epidemic is nothing new, and its morbid presence can be seen in gruesome news stories from across the globe. The World Health Organization…

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Minor falls could lead to major health complications

Minor falls could lead to major health complications

As people age, their reflexes, vision and hearing may not be as good as they once were. The reduced functionality of such senses can put people at an increased risk of falling down.

Falls for the elderly can have far more serious consequences than the same accidents involving younger individuals. Research from the University of Rochester Medical Center found that even small falls can be fatal. In fact, their research indicates that falls in adults over the age of 70 are three times more likely to result in death.

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