Tips For Staying Hydrated In Summer

With the blistering summer heat now in full force in many parts of the Northern Hemisphere, it’s more important than ever to make sure you’re staying hydrated.

Remaining hydrated plays a fundamental role in keeping your body functioning properly. With summer pastimes typically being active and/or outdoors, stowing some tips in your back pocket on how to keep you quenched can go a long way.

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When lifestyle changes and medications fail, Medtronic Bladder Control Interstim Systems can help. This therapy is simple and discreet, and it delivers the kind of relief that lets you enjoy the activities you love without a second thought.

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What is a kidney stone?

A kidney stone is a solid piece of material that forms in a kidney when substances that are normally found in the urine become highly concentrated. A stone may stay in the kidney or travel down the urinary tract. From smaller pieces to large stones, kidney stones vary in size.

A small stone may pass out of the body causing little or no pain. A larger stone may get stuck along the urinary tract and can block the flow of urine, causing severe pain or blood that can be seen in the urine.

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Polycystic kidney disease is a genetic disorder that causes numerous cysts to grow in the kidneys. A kidney cyst is an abnormal sac filled with fluid. PKD cysts can greatly enlarge the kidneys while replacing much of their normal structure, resulting in chronic kidney disease (CKD), which causes reduced kidney function over time. CKD may lead to kidney failure, described as end-stage kidney disease or ESRD when treated with a kidney transplant or blood-filtering treatments called dialysis. The two main types of PKD are autosomal dominant PKD and autosomal recessive PKD.

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Prostate cancer is a frightening condition for any man, and certainly one of the most dreaded diagnoses. The good news, however, is that prostate cancer is highly treatable and actually has extremely good survival rates – so long as it is caught early.

This is why getting a prostate cancer biopsy is such a wise move. As much as this might be uncomfortable and scary, if it leads to the condition being caught early, it could prevent a far more serious outcome and much more uncomfortable procedures.

But what should you expect from the procedure? How effective is it? And is it painful?

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