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Sure, you get your temperature checked all the time now. And traditional vital signs like that plus heart rate and blood pressure can say a lot of important things about you really quickly.
But if you haven’t set foot in a doctor’s office since the pandemic started, you probably don’t know how you’re really doing (other than that you don’t have a fever at whatever moment in time you walked into the place that measured it).
There are a number of tests you can do at home for free that give you a feel for whether your body is in top shape. We’re calling them the new vital signs. Here’s how to check yours and act on them if your body’s telling you it needs some attention.
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If you’re one of the 30 million men in the United States experiencing erectile dysfunction (ED), you’ve probably heard of nitroglycerin gels. And you re probably wondering where to get them.
Unlike the little blue pills which often require hours to work and have to be taken on an empty stomach topical nitroglycerin gels and creams are rubbed directly onto the penis and begin working within minutes. “Nitro gels make sense because they’re more powerful than pills and can be applied right to where you need them to work,” says New York-based urologist Elizabeth Kavaler, MD, a
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Urinary Incontinence in Women Common, but Treatable
By Robin Foster
HealthDay Reporter
FRIDAY, Feb. 19, 2021 (HealthDay News) Nearly 1 in 2 women over the age of 50 deal with the indignities of urinary incontinence, but experts say no one has to suffer in silence.
Frequently considered an inevitable problem of aging, most women never even try to get treatment for the urinary leakage that they experience, said Dr. Christopher Hartman, chief of urology at Long Island Jewish Forest Hills in New York City.
Why? Many women often cite embarrassment as the reason for their delay in seeking care, he explained.
Before they decide to get help, women need to determine what kind of incontinence they have. Stress urinary incontinence is most frequently caused by laughing, coughing, sneezing or exercising. Conversely, urge incontinence occurs when a person experiences a strong desire to urinate and cannot stop this sensation, Hartman explained. This is typically the result of a problem