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When I think about having good balance, I imagine a tightrope, balance beam, or unicycle. That's the high-performance side of it, but balance is actually a huge part of your everyday life and ...

Balance: It's not just for tightrope walkers. As we age, different factors affect how well we're able to balance. The visual system (responsible for processing information from our eyes), ...