Walking downhill increases risk of falls in older adults

Eccentric exercises (such as walking downhill) cause our muscles to lengthen under the load in order to slow the body down. FS Stock/Shutterstock Falls are a common cause of injury in older adults and can lead to disability. Luckily, the risk of falls can be reduced with regular exercise– butContinue Reading

IPL Points Table: SunRisers Hyderabad finished third on the points table.© BCCI/IPL SunRisers Hyderabad marched to a commanding 10-wicket win against table-toppers Mumbai Indians to finish third in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 points table and qualify for the playoffs. SRH’s win means that Kolkata Knight Riders, who wereContinue Reading

The odds were stacked against SunRisers Hyderabad. Their opponent in a must-win game, also the last in the league stage of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020, Mumbai Indians, had beaten them comprehensively in the first clash between the sides in the tournament. Despite having a net run rate in theContinue Reading

Map showing infection rates per 100,000 people across England, with different shades of purple marking severity

“If you can’t convince them, confuse them.” If you watched the UK government’s COVID-19 briefing to announce and England-wide lockdown, you might have been reminded of this quote by Harry S Truman. Following slide after slide of maps and charts, there was growing frustration about the way nationally important statisticsContinue Reading

Paying people to self-isolate saves lives and money

eldar nurkovic/Shutterstock The success of second lockdowns around the UK will depend not just on people following the general rules but also on positive cases and their contacts self-isolating entirely. Yet even in a lockdown, it is difficult to force people to stay at home 100% of the time ifContinue Reading