Ask the doctor: Can bladder training help with incontinence?
Bladder training can help women deal with incontinence. it involves learning to urinate on a schedule and doing pelvic muscle exercises.
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Heart advances from Harvard: Impact of inactivity assessed
Physical inactivity is responsible for 6% of coronary artery disease, 7% of diabetes, 10% of breast and colon cancers, and 9% of premature deaths worldwide. Increasing activity by 10% to 25% could prevent up to 1.3 million deaths per year.
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Should you skip your PSA test?
An expert panel has recommended that men not routinely undergo PSA testing for prostate cancer risk. Men should learn as much as they can about the risks and benefits of PSA testing and make a deeply informed decision.
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In the journals: “Keyhole” vein removal for bypass is safe
The most widely used “keyhole” method for obtaining veins to perform coronary bypass is safe and is associated with fewer infections and other post-surgery complications.
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In the journals: Women need reading glasses for different reasons than men
One reason women need reading glasses sooner than men could have more to do with their preferred reading distance or arm length than with their focusing power.
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Is low-dose aspirin safe for you?
Taking a low-dose “baby” aspirin every day can prevent cardiovascular disease but carries a small but potentially dangerous bleeding risk. If you take low-dose aspirin, understand the nature and size of the bleeding risk and discuss it with your doctor.
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In the journals: Job stress? It could strain your heart
Too much on-the-job stress puts women at increased risk for a heart attack or stroke. Stressful jobs might contribute to heart problems by leading women into unhealthy behaviors like smoking, or by contributing to depression or high blood pressure.
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Ask the doctors: Could I have serious kidney damage?
An increasing creatinine level could indicate problems controlling diabetes and blood pressure. Measuring the kidneys’ glomerular filtration rate offers helpful information.
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Heart advances from Harvard: Fat that’s bad for the heart, brain
Women who eat a diet high in saturated fat are more likely to develop memory loss and thinking problems than those who eat more monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats.
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New devices compensate for foot drop
When stroke causes a person to have trouble lifting or moving a foot (foot drop), two new devices can help. Both stimulate the peroneal nerve so the weak foot lifts, rather than drags.
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