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Should You Start Pelvic Floor Exercises Before Prostate Surgery?

If you're having robotic prostate cancer surgery, then you'll usually have a quicker recovery time than if you had open surgery. However, you may still have to deal with some of the same after-effects once the operation is over, like incontinence. Your medical team may have talked to you about this and told you that post-surgical pelvic floor exercises help sort out these bladder problems. In some cases, starting pelvic floor exercises before your surgery makes it easier to deal with any potential incontinence problems after it.

Finding GP Jobs: Why Use a Recruitment Agency?

While you may have found your own job as GP in the past, you may find it easier to find your next job through a recruitment agency. The medical sector is very competitive and fast-moving, and you may find that a consultant can give your job prospects a real boost. What are the advantages to using an agency? Save Time If you're currently working as a GP, you aren't likely to have a lot of free time, especially during the working day.

Lifestyle Changes to Help Manage and Prevent Varicose Veins

Varicose veins is a vascular disease that occurs when the valves in the veins are not functioning correctly to allow one-way blood flow. As a result, blood stagnates in the veins and begins to pool in one place instead of circulating to the heart and other parts of the body. Varicose veins is characterized by swelling on the feet and ankles, tender spots around where blood has collected, and dark blue, purple or red blood vessels showing on the skin around the thigh and calf muscles.

Two ways that osteoporosis sufferers can manage their condition

Osteoporosis is a medical condition which results in a loss of bone density. People who suffer from this disease usually have extremely brittle bones which can break very easily. Here are two ways that those who have osteoporosis can manage their condition. Take action to prevent falls If someone who has osteoporosis falls over, they will be much more likely to break a bone than a person who does not suffer from this condition.

What your eyes say about your overall health

Everyone knows that eyesight decreases as people grow older. Perhaps you've worn glasses all your life or maybe you've always been eagle eyed, but if you find yourself struggling to read in dim light or squinting at the shelves in the supermarket, it might be time for an eye exam. Why? Maintaining the health of your eyes goes way beyond the impact that trouble seeing can have on your day to day activities.