Urinary tract symptoms are frequently lacking in the elderly. The presentations may be vague with incontinence, a change in mental status, or fatigue as the only symptoms, while some present to a health care provider with sepsis, an infection of the blood, as the first symptoms.
This year, more than 300,000 Americans will die from illnesses related to overweight and obesity. Obesity contributes to the number-one cause of death in our nation: heart disease. Excess weight has also led to an increase in the number of people suffering from Type 2 diabetes.
1 Over 1,600 children under 15 years of age die each year. 2  Nearly 8,000 people are killed in crashes involving drivers ages 16-20. 3  Road crashes cost the U.S. $230.6 billion per year, or an average of $820 per person.  Road crashes are the single greatest annual cause of death of healthy U.S. citizens traveling abroad.