News tagged with urinary infection


Moves to make more prescription drugs available over the counter won't help patients or doctors

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Jan 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Government plans to make certain prescription-only drugs for common problems available over the counter have overwhelmingly been given the thumbs down by healthcare professionals, reveals a survey of readers of the influential ...





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Listening to the urinary stream

Medicine & Health / Research

created Apr 23, 2008 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Benign prostate enlargement affects most of the elder men and often compresses the urethra resulting in voiding symptoms. Dutch researcher Tim Idzenga has found a way to measure the resistance of the urethra using sound: ...


Vaccine to prevent urinary tract infections shows early promise

Medicine & Health / Research

created Sep 18, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

University of Michigan (U-M) scientists have made an important step toward what could become the first vaccine in the U.S. to prevent urinary tract infections, if the robust immunity achieved in mice can be reproduced in ...


New research reveals how cranberry products prevent urinary tract infections

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Chemicals present in cranberries—and not the acidity of cranberry juice, as previously thought—prevent infection-causing bacteria from attaching to the cells that line the urinary tract, as documented in a report published ...


FDA OKs urinary infection injectable drug

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created Oct 18, 2007 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced approval Thursday of doripenem (Doribax) injections for the treatment of complex urinary track infections.


FDA OKs urinary infection injectable drug

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Oct 18, 2007 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced approval Thursday of doripenem (Doribax) injections for the treatment of complex urinary tract infections.


Combating urinary schistosomiasis: Both metrifonate and praziquantel can be used

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jul 16, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In 2000 the World Health Organization (WHO) stopped recommending metrifonate for treating urinary schistosomiasis because the drug did not appear to be as effective as the treatment of choice, praziquantel. Now a systematic ...


Autologous muscle-derived cells may treat stress urinary incontinence

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Apr 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers have confirmed that transplanting autologous muscle-derived cells (AMDC) into the bladder is safe at a wide range of doses and significantly improves symptoms and quality of life in patients with stress urinary ...


Urinary tract cancer associated with Chinese herbal products containing aristolochic acid

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The carcinogen aristolochic acid, which was found in many prescribed Chinese herbal products including Guan Mu Tong, is associated with an increased risk of urinary tract cancer, according to a new study published online ...


Cranberry juice creates energy barrier that keeps bacteria away from cells, study shows

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created Jul 21, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (13) | comments 1

For generations, people have consumed cranberry juice, convinced of its power to ward off urinary tract infections, though the exact mechanism of its action has not been well understood. A new study by researchers at Worcester ...


How to ... avoid kidney stones

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jul 17, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

These solid masses that form in the kidneys can grow big enough to cause severe pain and even infection as they pass into the urinary tract.



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