UTIs may cause neurological symptoms, especially in older adults. It can also worsen symptoms in people with neurological conditions. Diagnosing and treating the UTI may help prevent serious ...

Study authors examined 186,589 patients with an initial positive urine culture and receiving antibiotics to quantify risks and benefits of UTI prophylaxis in older adults. Long-term antibiotic urinary ...

Dear Carol: I’m writing to tell your readers about what our family went through with our 86-year-old mom. She’d been doing great until one day I let myself in her door and she was sitting in her chair ...

As an international study involving University of Gothenburg researchers has shown, a decision tool for health professionals has proved capable of halving the use of antibiotics against urinary tract ...

Urinary tract infections are among the most common infections worldwide, affecting 50% to 60% of women at some point in their lives. Vitalii Vodolazskyi - stock.adobe.com Folks are feeling the burn as ...

But a new study published in the British Medical Journal Public Health found that a bout of acute cystitis may be linked to ...

UNDATED HealthFirst reporter Leslie Toldo tells us about a new vaccine in the works at the University of Michigan. Urinary tract infections are painful and very common. If these tests prove successful ...

The Fourth International Consultation on Incontinence recently redefined the signs, symptoms, urodynamic observations and conditions associated with lower urinary tract symptoms and urodynamic studies ...

Elderly people suffer from many health-related problems in the later phase of their lives. But worst of all is urinary problems. Elderly men and women who suffer from urinary problems find it ...

Patients who are status post hip fracture surgery had a higher incidence of severe UTI than those in their comorbidity-, age-, and sex-matched control group. Prevention of severe UTI can improve the ...

D-Mannose is often recommended for the prevention of urinary tract infections. The results of a randomized, double-blind study from the United Kingdom now cast doubt on the effectiveness of the simple ...