Posts Tagged ‘illness’
Incontinence
Adult napples are nobody’s idea of fun, especially not so when you learn that 24% of people over 60 have bladder weakness.
Prevention
Kegel exercises can do more than prolong sex. Greater muscular control now can halt accidental leakage later. Squeeze your pelvic muscles as if you’re stopping the flow of urine in reps of 10, three times a day.
Hearing Loss
Presbyterians (old-age deafness) happens when your sensitive inner-ear hairs stop sending messages to your brain.
Prevention
A diet high in antioxidants can have a protective effect on long tern hearing. So eat seedy fruit like pomegranate. Better for your ears than seedy nightclubs.
Arthritis
Experts from the Arthritis Research Campaign say the gnarled finger of osteoarthritis wilt poke one in five of us by 65.
Prevention
Go swimming: it strengthens joints and reduces cartilage wear. If in doubt, always see the physic.
Men put up with partially torn ligaments. But festering injuries can lead to old-age pain.
Prostate Cancer
The most common cancer in men over 75. As the gland swells, side effects include incontinence and erectile dysfunction.
Prevention
The Australian Cancer Council found ejaculating more than five times a week in your 20s and 30s cuts the risk of prostate cancer in later life by a third. The report said masturbation is more effective than sex, so take matters in hand.
