New Insights Into the Persistent Pain of UTIs

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• March 4, 2024
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People with recurring urinary tract infections frequently have persistent pain, even after antibiotics have cleared the harmful bacteria from their system.

Now, researchers have figured out why this perplexing problem occurs.

It appears that an overgrowth of highly...

Defense Secretary Returns to Hospital With Bladder Issues

• Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
• February 12, 2024
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MONDAY, Feb. 12, 2024 (Healthday News) -- Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin III, who spent time in intensive care last month for complications related to prostate cancer surgery performed in December, has returned to the hospital with bladder issues, the Pentagon announced Sunday...

Could Tissue-Zapping Procedure Be Non-Antibiotic Option for Recurrent UTIs?

• Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
• October 13, 2023
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For some older women, recurring urinary tract infections -- and the antibiotics typically prescribed for them -- become a fact of life, but a new study offers a novel treatment that may deliver relief.

Called electrofulguration, the minimally invasive procedure essential...

UTIs, Sepsis, Staph: COVID Is Upping Rates of Other Hospital Infections

• Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter
• September 2, 2021
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The COVID-19 pandemic has spurred a resurgence in other infections that strike hospitalized patients, a U.S. government study finds.

The study, by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, highlights the broad toll the pandemic has taken. It found that rates o...