Dear Savvy Senior, Can you offer me any tips on choosing and using a home blood pressure monitor? I just found out I have high blood pressure and my doctor recommended I get a home monitor so I can ...

Kidneys play a critical role in blood purification and urine production. Common symptoms of kidney damage include swelling of feet, frothy urine, bloo ...

Dear 63, Everyone with high blood pressure (130/80 or higher) should have a home blood pressure monitor. Home monitoring can ...

Bedford Public Health Nurse Jackie Barmashi has some information and resources in honor of American Heart Month.

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Muscles and nerves that control the bowel can affect the muscles and nerves that control the bladder. Stool in the colon can also put pressure on the bladder, causing it to contract when it shouldn't.

It was there that a biopsy uncovered the truth: Armando had Stage 4 metastatic urothelial carcinoma (mUC), also known as advanced bladder cancer. Bladder cancer is a serious, challenging disease ...

Bladder pain syndrome, also known as interstitial cystitis, involves chronic pelvic pain and constant pressure or discomfort, specifically in the bladder area. Pelvic pain is a formal symptom of ...

Last year, a study highlighted that your doctor's office might be taking your blood pressure wrong. The current best practice ...

Conclusion: Using ACM, direct IAP measurement is feasible and uncomplicated. Associated with relatively low pressure ranges (<17 mmHg), results are comparable to bladder pressure measurement.

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) A new urine-based diagnostic kit for bladder cancer enables at-home testing with high accuracy, detecting cancer biomarkers without preprocessing. It uses a ...

LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - With snow in the forecast for Southwest Louisiana, you may be wondering how do you measure snow? Using a ruler or tape measure will work, but an even better method is called ...