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

Chemistry /

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 ...


Vaccines on horizon for AIDS, Alzheimer's, herpes (AP)

Vaccines on horizon for AIDS, Alzheimer's, herpes

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1

(AP) -- Malaria. Tuberculosis. Alzheimer's disease. AIDS. Pandemic flu. Genital herpes. Urinary tract infections. Grass allergies. Traveler's diarrhea. You name it, the pharmaceutical industry is working ...


Winter brings flu, summer brings bacterial infections

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 26, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

In the same way that winter is commonly known to be the "flu season," a new study suggests that the dog days of summer may well be the "bacterial infection" season.


Study finds partner abuse leads to wide range of health problems

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 12, 2009 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (4) | comments 4

Women abused by intimate partners suffer higher rates of a wide variety of doctor-diagnosed medical maladies compared to women who were never abused, according to a new study of more than 3,000 women.


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 ...


Taking the pee? Cranberry juice fails to cut it

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Aug 24, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 2

Current clinical evidence for using cranberry juice to combat urinary tract infections is 'unsatisfactory and inconclusive', according to Raul Raz.


Psychiatric disorders and sexual trauma are associated with lower urinary tract symptoms

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Depression, anxiety disorders and sexual trauma have all been implicated as risk factors in lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) such as incontinence and overactive bladder. The exact nature of these associations is unknown. ...


Sulfurous ping-pong in the urinary tract

Chemistry /

created Dec 18, 2008 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Transfer of information is a basic property of biological systems. Common examples include transfer of genetic information or nerve impulses. Transmission of signals occurs at an even more fundamental level between and within ...


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 ...


Patients with lower urinary tract symptoms more likely to suffer from metabolic syndrome

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jun 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers have determined that individuals with mild to severe symptoms of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) are more likely to suffer from metabolic syndrome (MetS), a collection of cardiovascular risk factors thought ...


Unlocking the Secret of the Bladder's Bouncers

Medicine & Health / Research

created Aug 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Duke University Medical Center may have a new way to stop and even prevent the urinary tract infections (UTIs) that plague more than a third of all adults, some of them repeatedly.


Blocking biofilms: Alzheimer's research sheds light on potential treatments for urinary tract infections

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Research into Alzheimer's disease seems an unlikely approach to yield a better way to fight urinary tract infections (UTIs), but that's what scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis ...


Study finds surprisingly high rate of patients readmitted to hospital within a month

Medicine & Health / Other

created Apr 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

When a patient is discharged from the hospital, just about the last thing he or she wants is to be back in again within the next month. But a new national study has found that's exactly what happens to one out of five Medicare ...


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 ...


Can kidney disease cause cancer?

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created May 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Moderate kidney disease increases an older man's risk of developing certain cancers, according to an upcoming study in the Journal of the American Society Nephrology (JASN). Given that chronic kidney disease (CKD) affect ...