The cause? Bacteria — and 75 to 95 percent of the time, it's Escherichia coli, or E. coli, which invades the urinary system from outside the body, usually from the perineum, the ar… 展开

Any woman who has ever had a UTI, even if it was decades ago, is painfully familiar with this feeling: As soon as you go to the bathroom, you feel the urge to urinate again, only nothi… 展开

UTIs can cause newfound discomfort in two spots: either the lower pubic area near the bladder or the lower-to-mid back, technically called the costovertebral area, where the kidney… 展开

Once again, the key here is urine that suddenly “smells funny” or doesn't look clear when you look at it in the toilet. To prevent UTIs from occurring in the first place, it helps to … 展开