Word: bladders
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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...Milan orphanage at 17 to become a printer, built a publishing empire encompassing ten weekly magazines (20 million readers), became a film producer and sponsored more than 150 films by such leading directors as Michelangelo Antonioni (Red Desert) and Federico Fellini (La Dolce Vita); of complications from gall bladder disease; in Milan...
Soon after the Food and Drug Administration barred the use of the artificial sweetener cyclamate last fall, it modified its proscription. Although the chemical had been found to cause bladder cancer in mice and rats, the FDA decided that a limited amount could still be added to food and drugs for persons suffering from diabetes, hypertension or obesity. Last week, however, the federal agency closed even this narrow loophole. Acting on the recommendations of its medical advisory group on cyclamates, the FDA issued a total ban on the additive, forbidding its use in all foods, soft drinks and drugs-even...
...baby has no inhibitions and urinates whenever the nerve centers of the bladder react to internal pressure. The trouble begins, says Lapides, with toilet training. A child, especially a girl, is rewarded with approval when it wakes up with dry diapers; boys are expected to be more undisciplined...
...college, a girl is likely to be holding it for as long as four hours in classes or on dates. By then she may be deluding herself with the idea that her restraint strengthens her bladder. On the contrary, says Lapides, it causes the bladder to become distended, with its walls taut and blood circulation diminished. This in turn reduces the resistance to infection. Urinary-tract infections may manifest themselves by a burning pain during urination. Eventually, they can involve not only the urethra and bladder, but extend up to the kidneys. They are among the most stubborn and hard...
...many as 30% of girls up to age 16 are "infrequent voiders," Lapides says. Beyond that age, they begin paying for their restraint in medical disorders. One of his studies showed that 60% of women with urinary-tract infections had enlarged, infrequently voided bladders. Another disclosed that 67% of 250 infected women had bad bladder habits. Dr. Lapides' prescription: the bladder should be emptied about every two hours. Teachers and supervisors should recognize this and stop acting annoyed when pupils or employees regularly respond to the urge...