... of middle-aged adults is the largest ever, physicians are projecting a major increase in the numbers of individuals who will be affected by such age-related changes-and both their function and quality of life will decrease. Even so, except for those in poor health, middle-aged adults will, on the whole, try to carry on in much the same way they did in their younger years. The ... of the prostate gland, a walnut-sized gland at the base of the urethra (the tube that emerges from the bladder and carries urine outside the body via the penis). About 10 percent of men ages 40 already have recog...

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... smoking, high salt intake, obesity, family history of high blood pressure, kidney disease and stress. Smoking is not a major factor in high blood pressure and only raises blood pressure slightly. The nicotine in cigarettes restricts blood vessels and raises the blood pressure. This is because the heart has to work harder to pump blood to all parts of the body. When the salt content of blood goes up, it attracts water from ... . There is salt as sodium outside every cell in the body. When the salt content of the fluid around your cells goes up, it attracts water from the blood and swellin...

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