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.
Stroke. 1  Stroke is the No. 4 cause of death in the United States, killing more than 129,000 people a year. 2  Stroke kills someone in the U.S. about once every four minutes. 3  Over the past 10 years, the death rate from stroke has fallen about 36 percent and the number of stroke deaths has dropped about 23 percent. More than 787,000 people in the U.S. died from heart disease, stroke and other cardiovascular diseases in 2010. 2  Thatâs about one of every three deaths in America. 3  About 2,150 Americans die each day from these diseases, one every 40 seconds. 4  Cardiovascular diseases claim more lives than all forms of cancer combined.