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Nature 448, 27 (5 July 2007) | doi:10.1038/448027a; Published online 4 July 2007

Falling victim to balance

Timothy Miles1

BOOK REVIEWEDBalance: In Search of the Lost Sense

by Scot McCredie

Little, Brown: 2007. 304 pp. $24.95

Balance, or more precisely when people fall over because of imperfect balance, is an important issue for our ageing population. As the author of Balance, journalist Scott McCredie, points out, the social and medical costs resulting from falls are rising rapidly.