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Falls in older adults are the leading cause of hip fractures and other injury-related v isits to emergency rooms and of accidental death. Age-related deterioration in gait and balance is a major contributor to falls in older adults. According to a study published in  The Journals of Gerontology , the BGU researchers found that a single dose of MPH improves walking by reducing the number of step errors and the step error rate in both single and dual tasks. "Our results add to a growing body of evidence showing that MPH may have a role as a therapeutic option for improving gait and reducing fall risk in older adults," said Itshak Melzer of BGU's Schwartz Movement Analysis and Rehabilitation Laboratory , Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Health Sciences. "This is especially true in real-life situations, where the requirement to walk commonly occurs under more complicated, 'dual task' circumstances with cognitive attention focused elsewhere (e....

Does your child OFTEN make careless mistakes or not pay close attention to details, causing problems at home or school? Does your child OFTEN have difficulty remaining seated when asked to do so, causing problems at home or school? Does your child OFTEN have a hard time paying attention to tasks or play, causing problems at home or school? Positive answers to any of these screening questions alerts Child Health Improvement through Computer Automation (known as CHICA), a computer-based decision support system developed by Regenstrief and IU researchers to deliver personalized evidence-based recommendations to the child's physician at the time and point of care to further test for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder according to American Academy of Pediatrics guidelines. Using CHICA to pre-screen for ADHD increased the likelihood that pediatricians screened for and documented appropriate, evidence-based criteria to diagnose ADHD, and made them more likely to seek more i...