Frequent nighttime urination, or nocturia, can become a health issue if it disturbs sleep. Even after identifying and addressing underlying causes, it may not stop completely but can be reduced.
In the short term, the safest way to repair a bulge in the body’s largest artery, the abdominal aorta, is placing a patch in place from inside the artery, called endovascular repair. Open surgery is more risky in the short term but lasts longer.
Guidelines say Americans can obtain 10% to 35% of their daily calories as protein. Higher-protein diets may have health benefits, but these are as yet unproven. Obtain protein from a range of healthy plant sources as well as meat.
People who took any kind of cholesterol drug, statin or otherwise, were nearly four times more likely to report memory loss right after starting on the drug.
When blood pressure rises above healthy limits, men are faced with a decision: take a medication, or try to lower it with nutrition, exercise, and other lifestyle changes.
Annual flu shots are more effective in some years than others. Despite varying results, vaccination is strongly recommended for people with health problems that put them at higher risk of severe flu complications.
It’s a myth that everyone needs to drink at least eight glasses of water a day for health. Individual water needs vary, but people get most of what they need from food and beverages.
Receiving CPR from a bystander before emergency medical workers arrive increases the chance of survival in people who suffer cardiac arrest outside the hospital.
Surgery and physical therapy each produce similar relief for spinal stenosis, or back pain caused by narrowing of the space around the spinal nerves. Surgery has risks, but physical therapy requires more effort.
Some research suggests that taking a melatonin supplement can help to restore a normal sleep rhythm after traveling across multiple time zones. It may be more helpful for eastward travel.