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Day ergonomic hazards. Spain, February 2013.- Fifty specialists in occupational risk prevention have attended the Conference organized by the Hospital Provincial de Castellón in which has addressed the importance that health personnel working in the best possible conditions to ensure their safety and that of the patients. This meeting has focused on the analysis methods that exist to evaluate the risks of forced postures of health personnel to manipulate people or another type of...

One in four cases of urinary incontinence occurs in men. Fundació Puigvert’s functional Urology unit is the first one that was created in Spain in 1984. -10% Of men aged 65-74 years suffers from this health problem -the majority of those affected don’t know having the male urinary incontinence treatment and it can be to cure -8% of the men operated on for prostate will have incontinence in greater or lesser degree Barcelona, February 2013.- urinary incontinence (UI) is a dysfunction that is typically associated with women, but it also affects significantly to the male sex. Specifically, according to data from the Fundació Puigvert – that is both male and female incontinence –, one of every four cases of this health problem occur in men. Also, figures also have shown that age is a determining factor in male patients: 10% of men between 65 and 74 years old have this health problem and, after 75 years, those affected are elevated up to 22%. The origin of male urinary incontinence can occur due to congenital defects, pelvic trauma or surgery (radical prostate removal). It should be noted that 8% of patients who undergo radical surgery for prostate cancer will have incontinence problems. This shows that it is very important to give a suitable treatment for UTIS, prostate cancer is the most common in men over 50 years, and in Europe,...