Adult napples are nobody’s idea of fun, especially not so when you learn that 24% of people over 60 have bladder weakness.

Prevention

Kegel exercises can do more than prolong sex. Greater muscular control now can halt accidental leakage later. Squeeze your pelvic muscles as if you’re stopping the flow of urine in reps of 10, three times a day.

Ever wonder why some creatine powders are loaded with sugar? It’s because the sweet stuff appears to improve creative uptake into your muscles. But a new study suggests that creatine may be just as effective when it’s mixed with sodium instead of sugar.

Scientists discovered that either combination produced similar gains in strength. Our findings indicate that creatine’s uptake mechanism is sodium-based. Don’t worry: The amount of sodium needed for the beneficial effect is minimal.

Go ahead: Talk yourself up, say professional trainer and researchers. In a test of vertical-leaping ability, people who said “bend and drive” out loud jumped higher than when they didn’t give themselves an instructional talk. The researchers say verbalizing the action may influence your brain’s cerebral cortex to activate more muscle fibers. As for those muscles, do box jumps: Squat, jump onto an 18- to 24-inch box, and then step down. Complete 3 sets of 5 reps, resting 3 minutes between sets.

Presbycusis (old-age deafness) happens when your sensitive inner-ear hairs stop sending messages to your brain.

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A diet high in antioxidants can have a protective effect on long term hearing. So eat seedy fruit like pomegranate. Better for your ears than seedy nightclubs.

A study of professional nutritionist found that chocolate could help improve your brain activity.

Cocoa, the main ingredient in making chocolate can counter mood depression. Cocoa stimulates the mood to make you feel happy and the caffeine substance in it fuels alertness; both factors help the brain to work better.

In addition, a sharper focus coupled with smiles throughout the day.

You already know that slurping soda will rot your pearly whites, but now a new study shows that drinking milk may actually help prevent tooth decay. Professional researchers soaked teeth in orange juice or diet Sprite, and then doused them in milk, artificial saliva, or water. Turns out, the teeth exposed to milk had less enamel erosion than the ones immersed in the other two liquids.

The calcium in milk may bind to the acid from the juice and soda, decreasing its effect on enamel erosion. Who’s going to chase pop with milk? No one. So just skip to the last step: Option for dairy, not soda.

The most common cancer in men over 75. As the gland swells, side effects include incontinence and erectile dysfunction.

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The Australian Cancer Council found ejaculating more than five times a week in your 20s and 30s cuts the risk of prostate cancer in later life by a third. The report said masturbation is more effective than sex, so take matters in hand.

If you need more motivation to improve your diet, just think of junior and his sister: Eating regular meals with your kids may make them healthier teenagers. When researchers tracked the eating habits of a group of 12-year-olds, they found that children who ate with their families 5 days a week were more likely to take in greater amounts of calcium, fiber, and potassium in their late teens. If parents set a precedent of serving healthy foods at family meals while their kids are young, the children are more likely to adopt good eating habits as they grow up.

On frantic schedules keep you and your children apart at dinner time? Move family meals to the morning, and make breakfast the new dinner.

Even a slightly elevated heart rate may increase your risk of diabetes. In a 20-year study, people with resting heart rates above 80 beats per minute (born) were almost five times more likely to develop the disease. Resting heart rates in this range may interfere with your body’s use of insulin. If your resting heart rate is over 80 bpm, lower it with 3 days of interval training a week.

The usual treatment for sleep apnea is a CPAP mask, which increases air pressure to keep your airway open. But Brazilian researchers found that simple throat exercises may also help treat sleep apnea. People who performed the exercises for half an hour a day reduced the severity of their condition by 39 percent in 3 months. The workout strengthens your upper airway, so it won’t collapse during sleep. If you have moderate sleep apnea, talk to your doctor about trying the exercises.