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Issue 9.10 The U.S. population continues to age, with population of older adults projecting to increase 50 percent by 2020, and double by 2030. As a result, health care organizations and providers are paying closer attention to preventing falls with seniors. The medical costs associated […] Issue 5.10 In the year 2000, the government, under a program titled, “Healthy People”, set some health goals for the nation to reach by the year 2010. The results were a mixture of both positive and negative. For one, there are more obese Americans than […] Issue 43.09 Alzheimer’s is a devastating disease affecting more than five million people in the US (30,000 in Utah alone). Utah has the second fastest growing rate in the country—a staggering 45% increase in Alzheimer’s cases from 2000-2010! The Utah Chapter offers a grouping of […] |
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