During the past few months, faculty at the School of Nursing has joined an academic coalition that is studying ways to identify muscle and bone health, which could ultimately reduce the number of falls in the elderly. “According to statistics from the Centers for Disease Control, one out of three adults in the United States, age 65 and older falls each year,” said Marco Brotto, B.S.N., Ph.D., Professor and Director of the Muscle Biology Group (MUBIG) at the School of Nursing. “And among those age 65 and older, falls are the leading cause of injury death and the most common cause of nonfatal injuries and hospital admissions for trauma.” Forming the Fall Coalition Prevention to improve the health condition, Brotto recently partnered with School of Nursing Associate Dean Patricia Kelly, public health … Read entire article »