Urinary tract infections (UTI) are common among individuals when using a catheter. Whenever a foreign object, like a catheter is used, this increases the chance of bacteria getting into the urinary tract that could lead to a UTI. What is a catheter and why are they used? A urinary...
Layout A (with pagination)
Here’s a fact from the National Cancer Institute that should get men’s attention: In the United States, men have a higher risk of dying from cancer than women. For the year 2019, the cancer mortality rate for men was 189.5 per 100,000 men and 135.7 per 100,000 women. Men – you’ve...
Most of us assume that conceiving a baby will be easy. We generally take for granted we are fertile and able to reproduce. Yet, the rate of infertility has steadily climbed over the past 10 years and is estimated to affect one in every eight couples of reproductive age. Infertility, as...
The end of 2020 is in sight! What a year it’s been for all of us. But now, it’s time to turn the page, welcoming 2021. If there’s ever been a good time for New Year’s resolutions, this New Year is it. One takeaway learned from the past 12 months is that our health truly is wealth. Covid...
If your usual eating habits have been a little off this year, you’re not alone. Since the beginning of the pandemic, reaching for stress-comforting snacks has happened to all of us when hunger strikes. But if your pandemic anxiety-driven hunger has morphed into a “hangry” hunger related...