ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION: STAND UP & FALL DOWN Today, I received my September issue of the Harvard Medical School Health Letter. One of the lead articles details orthostatic hypotension; where your blood pressure drops when you stand. The most surprising claim is that it affects nearly one in three older adults and is a common cause of falls. I’m sometimes a little slow when I stand but so far haven’t fallen. Still, I’d like to learn more on how to avoid that possibility—as perhaps do you. Here are excerpts from the online article by Heidi Godman, Do you fall down when...