These suits simulate the effects of ageing using weights to limit mobility and braces to make it more difficult to move around, much like the effects of frailty. They also come with goggles that hinder vision as well as earmuffs or earplugs to simulate hearing loss.
Dr. Nathan Charlton, a University of Virginia professor of emergency medicine who advises the American Red Cross on first aid, said there is limited evidence for the products and that the Red Cross is still evaluating them.
Older U.S. adults are increasingly dying from unintentional falls, according to a new federal report published Wednesday, with white people accounting for the vast majority of the deaths.
Informing patients that they have elevated amyloid-beta plaques in their brain can lighten their emotional distress—but can also correlate with less favourable behaviour.
