The prospect of cataract surgery can certainly raise some mixed emotions. On one hand, it holds the promise of correcting vision problems that have gotten...
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Do You Get Dizzy When Standing Up?
Do you ever feel lightheaded or dizzy as you stand up? You may have experienced orthostatic hypotension, a form of low blood pressure that affects...
How Long Is Recovery from Cataract Surgery?
Cataracts aren’t easy to live with. This condition, in which the eye’s natural lens becomes clouded over and hard to see through, can make it...
Three Types of Cataract Surgeries
If your vision has been getting worse and your eye doctor has told you that you might need to consider surgery, you have several choices....
7 Dos and Don’ts for Effective Earwax Removal
Despite all the effort some people go through to rid themselves of earwax (in medical terms, cerumen), you might find it surprising to know that...
How to Prevent Cataracts
By the time they reach their 80s, most Americans will have developed one or more cataract, a condition in which the eye’s natural lens becomes...
What Is the First Sign of Cataracts?
If you’ve noticed that your vision is worsening as you age, you might be wondering if what you’re experiencing are the early signs of cataracts,...
What Are Cataracts?
As adults get on in years, many come to a gradual realization that they’re just not seeing as clearly as they once did. It may...
Dental Health and Your Body
An estimated 70 percent of older adults have gum disease (periodontitis) and 20 percent have untreated tooth decay, putting them at risk for hypertension, cardiovascular...
Don’t Ignore Walking Leg Cramps
Peripheral arterial disease is a common and underdiagnosed condition that can be an early warning for heart attacks and stroke. New guidelines suggest that looking...
Life Expectancy after TURP Surgery
Living with an enlarged prostate can make a man start to feel old. He might remember his father always needing to be near a bathroom,...
Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia Medication
The prostate gland is an internal component of the male reproductive system that sits above the rectum and below the bladder. The urethra (the tube...
