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TUESDAY, March 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Anxiety disorders are no small matter, but knowing which symptoms point to trouble may help you navigate your intense fears and worries.First, you are not alone: Anxiety disorders are estimated to plague nearly 40 million people in the United States each year, according to the Anxiety & Depression Association of America.James Maddux, an emeritus professor of clinical psychology at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va., explained that “the best way of thinking about anxiety…is to see it as having three interlocking, interacting components": thinking or cognition; feeling or emotions; and then behavior.“Finding somewhere to intervene at one of those three points, that breaks up that pattern, is also a way of reducing or eliminating the...

TUESDAY, March 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- A lot of women experience stress urinary incontinence, those bladder leaks that can happen when a woman is coughing, sneezing, laughing or exercising.It’s the most common type of urinary incontinence in women, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Some first-line options are changing behaviors and doing pelvic floor exercises.Pelvic floor exercises strengthen the muscles that support the bladder, according to NYU Langone Health, in New York City. This can help prevent leakage. Behavior modification can include not drinking alcohol, coffee, tea and soda, which can increase incontinence symptoms. A bladder retraining technician may also help to teach techniques such as deep breathing when the urge to urinate strikes, while...

TUESDAY, March 21, 2023 (American Heart Association News) -- It was Michelle Aurelius' final year of fellowship in forensic pathology, and she was studying fiercely with a friend for her board certification test – the most difficult exam of her life.When her heart started beating rapidly, Michelle figured there was more to it than stress. Instead of her normal pulse rate of 60 beats per minute, she clocked readings in the 80s. Then 120, then 150, then 180. She started to feel dizzy."My heart's racing!" she told her study partner. He rushed to get some ice."Do you need me to call 911?" her friend asked."No, I'm going to be fine," Michelle said.Her heart rate returned to a normal range within 10 minutes, even though it felt like it lasted hours. Michelle, then 35, figured it was a...

TUESDAY, March 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The hit HBO series "The Last of Us" portrays a zombie apocalypse caused by a fungal infection that hijacks human brains.Back in the real world, there’s an emerging fungal threat rampaging through the United States, a new study warns — one that doesn’t turn humans into zombies, but does endanger lives.Candida auris has surged across the nation since the first case occurred in 2013, researchers from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported in the March 20 issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine.The yeast easily spreads through touch, is difficult to clean away, and can remain viable on surfaces for months, noted lead researcher Dr. Meghan Lyman, a medical officer in the CDC’s Mycotic Diseases Branch.While it’s...