Falling down can actually kill you.

That's what David Brinkley, Dr. Robert Atkins, Kurt Vonnegut and George Burns all had in common, according to balance expert Betty Perkins-Carpenter, author of a book with the catchy title, "How To Prevent Falls" (Senior Fitness Productions, Penfield, N.Y.). All four of them suffered a fall, didn't break anything, but died soon after from a traumatic brain injury. Mrs. Perkins-Carpenter, an Olympic diving coach at one time, has been studyin ...

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