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SATURDAY, Nov. 20, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- If you pee a little when you laugh, dance, exercise or sneeze, you may have stress urinary incontinence.While this can be annoying, it can be treated -- and even some small lifestyle changes can make a big difference, according to the Urology Care Foundation, the official foundation of the American Urological Association.It might help to lose weight or to stop smoking, which will lessen your coughing. You can do exercises, known as Kegels, which strengthen the pelvic floor and help support your bladder, the foundation says. Absorbent products may help to contain the leaks, at least over the short term or long term, depending on what you choose.Your health care provider can also help fit you with a medical device that can be obtained by...

FRIDAY, Nov. 19, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- President Joe Biden is undergoing a routine colonoscopy Friday, and will briefly transfer power to Vice President Kamala Harris while he's sedated for the procedure, the White House said.The colonoscopy will be part of Biden's first routine physical exam as president, and will take place at Walter Reed National Military Center."As was the case when President George W. Bush had the same procedure in 2002 and 2007, and following the process set out in the Constitution, President Biden will transfer power to the vice president for the brief period of time when he is under anesthesia," White House press secretary Jen Psaki said. "The vice president will work from her office in the West Wing during this time."Biden, 78, had his last physical in...

FRIDAY, Nov. 19, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Can your weight before pregnancy determine your baby's chances of developing asthma or allergies?Yes, claims a study that looked at that question, as well as whether weight gain during pregnancy might have an impact. "We did find that there was a link between the mother's weight before pregnancy, entering pregnancy, with the development of certain allergic diseases among children," said study author and epidemiologist Sebastian Srugo. "We did not find the same association with gestational weight gain, weight gain during pregnancy and these diseases," said Srugo, who was a graduate student at the University of Ottawa at the time of the study. The Canadian study used health records of almost 250,000 births in Ontario that occurred between 2012...

FRIDAY, Nov. 19, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- A new study is highlighting yet another consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic: It has likely made it even harder for kids with obesity to manage their weight.The findings, researchers said, are no surprise. Many adults, faced with normal life being upended during the pandemic, have seen changes on the bathroom scale.It's also clear kids have not been spared, either. A recent government study found that during the first nine months of the pandemic, U.S. children and teenagers gained weight at twice the rate they had in the two years prior.And while COVID restrictions have eased, life is not back to "normal," said Bradley Appelhans, the lead researcher on the new study."Kids are back in school now, but some activities are still curtailed," said...