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… Osteoporosis On this page: Health Tools Cause What Increases Your … you to live on your own. Osteoporosis affects millions of older adults. It usually occurs after age 60. It's most common in women, but men can get it too. …
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… Dealing With Emergencies On this page: Overview Legal Protection CPR … to avoid choking, see preventing choking . Head Injury, Age 3 and Younger . Head Injury, Age 4 and Older . Heart Attack and Unstable Angina . Poisoning . …
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… Low Bone Density On this page: … causes it? Bones naturally become thinner as people grow older because, beginning in middle age, existing bone cells are reabsorbed by the body faster …
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… Menopause and Your Risk for Other Health Concerns On this page: Overview Overview Menopause is the point in your life … reached menopause. In most cases, menopause happens around age 50. But everyone's body has its own time line. You may … well into your 50s. Menopause is a natural part of growing older. You don't need treatment for it unless your symptoms …
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… Cervical Spinal Stenosis On this page: Conditions Basics Conditions Basics … where they leave the spinal cord , or it may compress or damage the spinal cord itself. Squeezing the nerves and cord in … size of the spinal canal and so is most common in people older than age 50. The aging process can cause a "bulging of …
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… This topic is only appropriate for children 6 months and older. Most ear infections clear up on their own. … a warm face cloth on your child's ear. If your child is age 6 months or older and has a mild earache, you can wait … Almost all children have at least one ear infection before age 7. Most ear infections are caused by bacteria. But …
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… health. Learn more about getting enough sleep and how to manage sleep problems. Sleep overview Sleep and Your Body Clock Sleep and Your Health Sleeping Better Stages of Sleep Sleep problems Coping With Changing Sleep Patterns as You Get Older Improving Sleep When You Have Chronic Pain Insomnia …
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… Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia On this page: Overview Overview It's common to forget things sometimes as we get older. But some older people have memory loss that's more than normal aging. …
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… options Use medicines to treat symptoms of GERD (gastroesophageal reflux disease). Have surgery to treat your symptoms. … or aspirin. Those that contain aluminum may cause constipation. Those that contain magnesium may cause … . They sometimes cause headaches, dizziness, diarrhea or constipation, or nausea and vomiting. Proton pump inhibitors …
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… Acute Bronchitis On this page: … better without any problems. But it can be more serious in older adults and children and in people who have other … and body aches. Don't give aspirin to anyone younger than age 18. It has been linked to Reye syndrome, a serious …
