BENGALURU: I feel the urge to urinate every 15 minutes but when I go to the bathroom I hardly urinate. What is this? Frequent passage of urine could be because of an irritative cause like infection, which irritates your bladder and make you pass urine often or it could be due to obstruction - where due to some obstruction in the urine passage you are unable to empty your bladder and have to go frequently.

A urine test and an ultrasound scan will identify the pathology and allow your urologist to treat you.

After using the public bathroom in a bus-stand, I have been feeling a burning sensation. Is this an infection and is there a possibility of UTI?

Burning sensation in the urine along with frequency, fever with chills and occasionally blood stained urine are symptoms of urinary infection.Kindly get a urine test and meet your doctor, so appropriate treatment can be started.

I am 34-years-old male. Five minutes after urinating I feel there is some urine left in the bladder. So I go back to toilet to finish it. Sometimes I go twice. There are times when I dont go but the urine comes anyhow. It has been happening since 3-4 months now.

There is a possibility you may not be emptying your bladder every time you pass urine.This could happen if there is a possible narrowing in the urine passage or rarely, your bladder is weak and unable to push all your urine out.Simple investigations like an ultrasound and a test to measure your urine flow called Uroflowmetry will help delineate the cause and allow your urologist to investigate and treat it appropriately.

I am 18-year-old female and I have been wetting my bed for few weeks now. Every time I drink water before going to bed, I wake up in the morning on a wet bed. I do not even remember it. What is this and how can I get rid of this?

This condition which you are suffering from is called Nocturnal Enuresis. Do consult your urologist who will do a few tests including an ultrasound scan and urine tests. Based on these results, various ways to treat this condition include behavioural modifications like controlling water intake and practicing pelvic floor exercises and also prescribing appropriate medications.

I am in a sexually active relationship. But when I am in action I feel a desperate urge to urinate. Is this a common problem because I have never experienced it before.

The urinary bladder and the urethra (urinary passage) are in close proximity to the vagina and the adjoining structures in a female.

During intercourse and especially in certain positions, there is more pressure exerted on the bladder and urethra due to their anatomical position - which makes you feel like urinating. This feeling is totally normal and with time it should pass and you will be comfortable.Its also advisable to pass urine before intercourse and also immediately after.

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A House budget panel debated sweeping money from housing, transportation and economic development trust funds to meet spending cuts imposed by House leaders.

The House Transportation & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee alsoentertained a suggestion that Visit Florida, the states tourism promotion arm, operate on local tourism taxes, instead of state general revenues.

Rep.Mike La Rosa, a St. Cloud Republican, came up with the idea as a way out of the contretemps between Gov.Rick Scottand House SpeakerRichard Corcoranover the wisdom of spending state tax dollars to promote economic and tourism development.

Have it funded locally, so theres a secured funding mechanism for Visit Florida, La Rosa explained followinga committee meeting.

Hopefully, that gives a little more buy-in for local tourist boards. Then, the state can decide what role it wants to play, ultimately, in Visit Florida, he said.

There would have to be some policy changes, La Rosa conceded. I havent gone that far and started to think about whos ultimately going to control it. Is that the locals 100 percent, or does the state still buy in and still have some general direction in it?

La Rosa sits on the House Careers & Competition Subcommittee, which was scheduled later in the day to take up legislation supported by Corcoran and other House leaders to eliminate state spending on economic incentives, including Enterprise Florida and Visit Florida. The bill isPCB CCS 17-01.

The transportation and tourismpanel heard leaders of the agencies under its purview the Department of Economic Opportunity, the Department of Transportation, the Department of State, the Department of Military Affairs, and the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles explain what Scotts $83.5 billion proposed state budget would mean for their agencies.

Then it took up an excercise in budget cutting imposed by House leaders worried that state spending is outpacing tax collections. The subcommittee has bad-case and worst-case targets $156.2 million, and $321.2 million, respectively.

Hitting the larger target will mean dipping into large trust funds, chairmanClay Ingram, a Republican from Pensacola, said.

Its an exercise, to put thought into, if we have to make cuts in future years, where we would look at doing it, Ingram said.

To get to that big number, you would have to take, in some way, shape, or form, money from either the SEED Trust Fund, which fuels economic development, he said, referring to the State Economic Enhancement and Development fund.

And then theres the Transportation Trust Fund its the biggie. Its roads, bridges, things that we all need. So its not like its wasteful spending, either, Ingram said.

La Rosas Visit Florida proposal would save $76 million dollars in state general revenues thats the number Scott has requested for the agency during the budget year that begins July 1.

That legitimately moves the ball, Ingram told the panel, and might avoid the job cuts Scott warns would come if the state cuts back on Visit Florida and other economic incentives.

Democrats on the panel joined Republicans in skepticism about economic development spending. Ranking DemocratEvan Jenne,of Dania Beach, referred to it as corporate welfare echoing Corcoran and said: We have to look at the actual returns were getting there.

Joseph Geller, a Democrat from Aventura, was reluctant to dip into the housing fund. People have to have a place to live, he said.

AlJacquet, a Democrat from Lantana, said his staff fields plenty of calls from constituents having trouble with housing. He was frustrated at lawmakers tendency to divert housing money for other uses. It rarely gets used for that purpose, he said.

Geller observed that another way to balance a budget is to raise taxes. He zeroed in on the 2015 repeal of the communications services tax which, he said, saves consumers about 61 cents per month but costs the state $450 million per year.

Maybe we should look back and correct that mistake, Geller said. I dont think anyone is going to miss 61 cents.

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China's newly-formed Rocket Force has conducted an exercise with advanced DF-16 medium-range ballistic missile that has a range of over 1,000 kms and could target a number countries in the neighbourhood, including India.

Significantly the People's Liberation Army (PLA), which is secretive about its weapons systems, has released a video of the recent exercise of its troops employing the advanced Dongfeng-16 medium-range ballistic missile.

First displayed at a military parade in Beijing in 2015, the missile is believed to have a range of 1,000 kilometers, putting it within striking distance of Okinawa, home to several US military installations in Japan, Taiwan and the Philippines.

The Rocket Force is a special contingent to handle range of missiles in its military's arsenal. Several 10-wheeled mobile launch vehicles carrying the ballistic missiles were seen in the footage released to show the training of Rocket Force missile brigade soldiers around the Spring Festival holiday.

The participating units handled a number of scenarios, including chemical/biological contamination, countering satellite reconnaissance and electronic jamming, state-run China Daily reported today.

The crews practised in multiple manoeuvres, such as rapid loading, redeployment and launch sequence, though the video showed no missile actually being launched.

Two types of DF-16 appeared in the exercise. The video represents the third time the DF-16 has been shown to the public.The missile made its debut at a military parade in Beijing in September 2015.

In July, a television news programme showed General Fan Changlong, a vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission, inspecting a DF-16 unit of the Southern Theatre Command.

Though the PLA has never disclosed its ballistic missiles' specifications, experts said the DF-16 poses a challenge to foreign military installations along the first island chain, which is what the Chinese military calls the series of islands that stretch from Japan in the north to Taiwan and the Philippines to the south, the report said.

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While controversy trails the F-35A Lightning II fighter whenever it flies these days, only contrails were visible Thursday as the cutting-edge stealth jet made one of its first appearances in the ongoing Red Flag air combat exercise at Nellis Air Force Base.

Since the years first Red Flag began Jan. 23, the F-35A the Air Force version of the $100 million joint strike fighter has been flying for the first time in tandem with the nations other stealth air-superiority jet, the F-22 Raptor, and more than 80 other warplanes and support aircraft from the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.

So far, the Lightning II has racked up 110 missions in the exercise that ends Feb. 10 over the sprawling Nevada Test and Training Range, north of the Las Vegas Valley.

The F-35 has been in the limelight since December, when then-President-elect Donald Trump criticized the cost of the Lockheed Martin aircraft as out of control in a series of tweets and said he had asked rival Boeing to price-out a comparable F-18 Super Hornet that could perform the same mission. Eight F-18 Hornets also were participating in Red Flag.

Before his squadron departed for Thursdays war exercise, Lt. Col. George Banzai Watkins, commander of the F-35As from the 34th Fighter Squadron, declined to compare apples and oranges of the radar-evading joint strike fighters with the Navys non-stealthy F-18 Super Hornet.

But Watkins said the F-35 has been living up to what its expected to do, in the exercise.

Red Flag planners made sure that the 13 F-35s from Hill Air Force Base in Utah have had more aggressor jets than ever to counter and avoid simulated advanced missile strikes.

Meanwhile the F-35s on the friendly blue team have been successful in finding ground-based air defense sites with their high-tech sensors and taking them out with training bombs.

As of Thursday the F-35s kill ratio with aggressor jets stood at 15-1, even though the F-35s primary mission isnt air-to-air combat, which typically is left up to the Raptor.

Watkins said hes never seen a Red Flag like this where theyve put up as many advanced threats against us. If we didnt suffer a few losses, it wouldnt be challenging enough.

Members of Congress who hold the Pentagons purse strings have been paying close attention to the debate over the cost of the F-35. The unit price of roughly $100 million apiece is expected to decrease to the $90 million range as more of the estimated 150 joint strike fighters are produced for the Air Force, the Marine Corps, the Navy and allies.

Rep. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, a new member of the House Armed Services Committee, said she has an open mind on the presidents approach to reviewing the nations most expensive weapons system.

The president and secretary of defenses focus on tackling the cost of the F-35 is absolutely right, she said in an email via her spokesman. Costs are coming down, but I believe there are additional avenues available to continue to reduce what were paying for these aircraft.

Watkins said the F-35As debut has demonstrated that the nations newest stealth jet provides an essential complement to the F-22s.

Theyre designed for air-to-air. Were designed for the suppression of enemy air defense positions, he said. We can see the ground through the weather with our SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) mapping radar to detect a threat and take it out before its a factor to the other aircraft out there.

The Marine version the F-35B was the first joint strike fighter to fly in a Red Flag at Nellis, in July last year.

Contact Keith Rogers at krogers@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0308. Follow @KeithRogers2 on Twitter.

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Admiral Sunil Lanba PVSM AVSM ADC Chief of the Naval Staff embarked ships of the Indian Fleet (both Western & Eastern) over the last two days to review the ongoing Annual Theatre level Readiness and Operational Exercise (TROPEX) 2017 which is presently underway since 24 Jan 17.

The CNS was accompanied by General Bipin Rawat UYSM AVSM YSM SM VSM Chief of the Army Staff and Vice Admiral Girish Luthra PVSM AVSM VSM ADC Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Western Naval Command.

The CNS witnessed a host of exercises viz. Gunnery shoots, Surface to Air missile engagements, Brahmos firing and operations of the combined Fleet in a complex multi threat environment including sub surface and air threats.

The high-point of the exercise was Large Force Engagement (LFE) by the Fleet units against threat simulated by air element from Indian Air Force comprising AWACS, SU 30s, Jaguars and IL 78 (AAR). These threats emanated from different directions and were neutralised by using Beyond Visual Range (BVR) missile capabilities of MiG 29Ks, the integral air arm of the Indian Navy, operating from INS Vikramaditya in coordination with other Fleet units. All these exercises validated the combat effectiveness of IN platforms.

The CNS during his address to the Fleet congratulated the men for keeping the fleet combat ready at all times and executing all assigned tasks in a most professional manner. CNS also mentioned that training during peacetime has to be at par with how we would Fight during war and emphasised on taking bold decisions with due cognisance to risks involved and ensuring safety of men and material.

TROPEX 2017 is a month long exercise/ war drill, encompassing all dimensions of maritime warfare and is witnessing participation of over 60 ships, 05 submarines and more than 70 naval aircraft. It also includes participation of a large number of assets from the Indian Air Force, such as Su-30 and Jaguar fighters, AWACS, C 130J Hercules and in-flight refuelling aircraft, Infantry amphibious elements from Indian Army and ships/ aircraft from the Indian Coast.

The area of operations for TROPEX 2017 exercise spans across the vast expanse of the Arabian Sea and North Central Indian Ocean and serves as an opportunity to validate the Indian Navys Concepts of Operation.

As a part of the exercise, niche capabilities of the Marine Commandoes (MARCOs) and Army Special Forces, including Airborne Assault and Combat Free Fall were undertaken from IAF C-130 aircraft. Naval forces, while enforcing sea and airspace control all around the affected islands, undertook beaching and heli-borne operations for landing of follow-on forces. The exercise culminated with restoration of sovereign control over the affected islands, by the Armed Forces. During debrief of the exercise, CNS and COAS discussed various options to further enhance the effectiveness of the joint exercise.

TROPEX 17 assumes special significance in the backdrop of the current security scenario, being aimed at testing combat readiness of the combined fleets of the Indian Navy, and the assets of the Indian Air Force, Indian Army and the Indian Coast Guard. It will also strengthen inter-operability and joint operations in a complex environment.

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Senior Chelsea Raineri sticks a landing during No. 16 GW's meet Sunday. Ranieri won the floor excercise with a 9.90 tying her career high en route to a season-high overall team score of 196.40.

After one of its strongest seasons in school history last year, No. 16 gymnastics is continuing its ascent as one of the top programs on the national stage.

GWhosted East Atlantic Gymnastics League (EAGL) rivals Towson, UNH and Ball State on Sunday afternoon. The Colonials captured first in team standings (196.400) and won or shared nine additional titles in the four events.

Senior Chelsea Raineri especially shined, tying a career-high 9.90 score on the floor exercise to capture the event title at Sundays meet.

With the season-high first-place finish, the undefeated Colonials improved to 11-0, tying their best start in program history.

I was really proud of the team because we had a couple of rough spots and they minimized the errors, head coach Margie Foster-Cunningham said. They battled, they competed and theres nothing more a coach can ask for than to go out there and stay in the moment and they did that today.

Junior Cami Drouin-Allaire placed second in the all-around (39.225) and won the vault title (9.900) Sunday.

Individually, I think today went really well, Drouin-Allaire said. I had a few mistakes but I made it the whole through and I think as a team it was kind of similar. We did great, we had some mistakes but we worked through them.

Drouin-Allaire, who became the second Colonial to ever reach an individual qualifier to the NCAA Championship as a freshman in 2015,had a front row seat to the teams upward climb.

After two straight trips to NCAA Regionals in the last two years, the team entered the 2017 season with high expectations.

Its been amazing to watch the program grow and to know that my class has been a large part of that success, Drouin-Allaire said. We want to do things that GW gymnastics has never done before and keep building [the program] for the years to come.

Foster-Cunningham called juniors Drouin-Allaire and Jillian Winstanley and senior Alex Demoura cornerstones of the GW program.

Winstanley led GW, and finished second overall, with a 9.850 on the uneven bars Sunday, while DeMoura finished tied for third on the beam with 9.850, just behind her first-place teammate junior Liz Pfeiler (9.875).

Those three are exceptional, Foster-Cunningham said. They are beautiful athletes and theyre very dependable and they come through for the team time and time again.

Drouin-Allaire attributed the programs historic start to a positive atmosphere on the team.

We have confidence in ourselves because we know our routines and just stay calm [during meets], Drouin-Allaire said. We all have the same goal, and knowing your team relies on you makes you want to be better for them.

Despite the explosive start to the season, the Colonials remain focused on the coming weeks as they aim once again for NCAA Regionals. There are six meets remaining before the EAGL Championships in March.

[This sport] is so demanding and you dont want to be torn down, so at this time of year we have to continue to build up strength and endurance, Foster-Cunningham said. We still need to add more difficult skills into our routines, but were in a good place.

For the veteran head coach, however, the added pressure of recent success is a welcome motivator for the team.

Were getting invited places because of the excellence in the program, Foster-Cunningham said. Weve got a really focused team and weve laid a good ground work so we can excel at the next level.

This article appeared in the February 6, 2017 issue of the Hatchet.

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When it comes to dietary fat, what matters most is the type of fat you eat. Contrary to past dietary advice promoting low-fat diets, newer research shows that healthy fats are necessary and beneficial for health.

Rather than adopting a low-fat diet, its more important to focus on eating beneficial good fats and avoiding harmful bad fats. Fat is an important part of a healthy diet. Choose foods with good unsaturated fats, limit foods high in saturated fat, and avoid bad trans fat.

Read more about healthy fats in this Ask the Expert with HSPHs Dr. Walter Willett and Amy Myrdal Miller, M.S., R.D., formerly of The Culinary Institute of America

Curious about coconut oil? Dr. Walter Willett sheds light on the subject.

1. Siri-Tarino, P.W., et al., Saturated fatty acids and risk of coronary heart disease: modulation by replacement nutrients. Curr Atheroscler Rep, 2010. 12(6): p. 384-90.

2. Hu, F.B., Are refined carbohydrates worse than saturated fat? Am J Clin Nutr, 2010. 91(6): p. 1541-2.

3. Jakobsen, M.U., et al., Intake of carbohydrates compared with intake of saturated fatty acids and risk of myocardial infarction: importance of the glycemic index. Am J Clin Nutr, 2010. 91(6): p. 1764-8.

4. Hu, F.B., et al., Dietary fat intake and the risk of coronary heart disease in women. N Engl J Med, 1997. 337(21): p. 1491-9.

5. Ascherio, A., et al., Dietary fat and risk of coronary heart disease in men: cohort follow up study in the United States. BMJ, 1996. 313(7049): p. 84-90.

6. Hu, F.B., J.E. Manson, and W.C. Willett, Types of dietary fat and risk of coronary heart disease: a critical review. J Am Coll Nutr, 2001. 20(1): p. 5-19.

The contents of this website are for educational purposes and are not intended to offer personal medical advice. You should seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have read on this website. The Nutrition Source does not recommend or endorse any products.

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When it comes to dietary fat, what matters most is the type of fat you eat. Contrary to past dietary advice promoting low-fat diets, newer research shows that healthy fats are necessary and beneficial for health.

Rather than adopting a low-fat diet, its more important to focus on eating beneficial good fats and avoiding harmful bad fats. Fat is an important part of a healthy diet. Choose foods with good unsaturated fats, limit foods high in saturated fat, and avoid bad trans fat.

Read more about healthy fats in this Ask the Expert with HSPHs Dr. Walter Willett and Amy Myrdal Miller, M.S., R.D., formerly of The Culinary Institute of America

Curious about coconut oil? Dr. Walter Willett sheds light on the subject.

1. Siri-Tarino, P.W., et al., Saturated fatty acids and risk of coronary heart disease: modulation by replacement nutrients. Curr Atheroscler Rep, 2010. 12(6): p. 384-90.

2. Hu, F.B., Are refined carbohydrates worse than saturated fat? Am J Clin Nutr, 2010. 91(6): p. 1541-2.

3. Jakobsen, M.U., et al., Intake of carbohydrates compared with intake of saturated fatty acids and risk of myocardial infarction: importance of the glycemic index. Am J Clin Nutr, 2010. 91(6): p. 1764-8.

4. Hu, F.B., et al., Dietary fat intake and the risk of coronary heart disease in women. N Engl J Med, 1997. 337(21): p. 1491-9.

5. Ascherio, A., et al., Dietary fat and risk of coronary heart disease in men: cohort follow up study in the United States. BMJ, 1996. 313(7049): p. 84-90.

6. Hu, F.B., J.E. Manson, and W.C. Willett, Types of dietary fat and risk of coronary heart disease: a critical review. J Am Coll Nutr, 2001. 20(1): p. 5-19.

The contents of this website are for educational purposes and are not intended to offer personal medical advice. You should seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have read on this website. The Nutrition Source does not recommend or endorse any products.

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