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What Women — and Men — Need to Know About UTIs
A urinary tract infection, or UTI, is an infection in any part of the urinary system. While the bladder and urethra (the passageway between the bladder and the external part of the body) are the most common locations for infections, they can also affect the kidneys and ureters (the tubes connecting the kidneys to the bladder).
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Understanding Hair Loss In Women
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Caring for Loved Ones with Dementia
About 6 million Americans have Alzheimer’s disease, which is the most common form of dementia. Alzheimer’s dementia is a progressive brain disease that causes a variety of mental impairments, such as memory loss, difficulty performing everyday tasks, changes with the senses, and problems with reasoning and judgment. Symptoms usually get worse over time.
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Debunking Osteoporosis Myths
UMass Memorial Health is debunking myths about osteoporosis. Unlike mammograms and colonoscopies, osteoporosis and bone density tests don’t get as much airtime or visibility. As a result, we’ve heard myths about the disease and screenings, and we want to set the record straight.
Myth: I don’t have any risk factors, so I don’t need to be screened.
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What You Need to Know About Your #2
Have you ever wondered why toddlers and kids find all things bathroom-related so fascinating? Well, it just so happens that they're on to something. Our experts in colon and rectal surgery want you to pay attention to your bowel movements, aka poop. It's actually a great way to keep an eye on your health.
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Treatment for Fecal Incontinence Has Come a Long Way
Fecal incontinence is a common, yet embarrassing, condition. It happens when the anal sphincter muscle (located at the end of the rectum and controls the release of stool) doesn’t work properly, leading to involuntary or unexpected loss of bowel control. Affecting millions of people, treatment for fecal incontinence (aka bowel incontinence) has come a long way. With the development of sacral nerve stimulation (SNS) surgery, sufferers now have an effective and less invasive option.
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How is Colon Cancer Treated?
You’ve had your colon cancer screening. Your results just came. The news isn’t what you had hoped. You’ve been diagnosed with cancer. Now the question is how is colon cancer treated?
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Your Diabetes Sick-Day Plan
When you’re sick, even with just a cold, your blood glucose level may rise. Knowing what to do if you get sick, talking to your care team and having the right supplies on hand are important. Not sure what your sick-day plan is? Be sure to talk to your diabetes provider.
Your Sick-Day Plan
Follow these important rules whenever you’re not feeling well.
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Husband’s gift, wife’s miracle: the kidney that saved 2 lives
When Erin Murphy thinks about how her husband helped her receive a kidney transplant much sooner than expected, she has only one way to describe it.
“It’s a miracle,” she said.
Murphy, 51, was 40 when she began to feel tired and she found out that she had polycystic kidney disease, which causes cysts to grow in the kidney and disrupts normal kidney function.