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.
Over 2.4 million people die in US every year. Nearly 45,000 of them die in road accidents. Also homicides, drunk driving and poisoning are killing over 17.000 people. Also researches showed that every year over 178,000 people die because of wrong medication or hospital errors.