Approximately 8 percent of women develop urinary tract infections, or UTIs, during pregnancy, reported lead author John Dalzell, M.D., in "Urinary Tract Infections during Pregnancy," published in the American Family Physician on February 1, 2000....
Cranberry use dates back to the pre-colonial era when Native Americans used it as a food and medicine to treat a variety of ailments, such as appetite loss, digestive disorders, and bladder problems. It is now best known as a possible treatment to...
Historically, cranberry juice has been used by Native Americans as a food and medicine to treat bladder problems. Today, it continues to be used to maintain overall bladder health by helping to prevent bladder infections, deodorizing urine in...
A urinary tract infection can affect the bladder, urethra and kidney. It is common during pregnancy due to the changes in your body. As the uterus grows larger, it puts pressure on the bladder, blocking the flow of urine. If the bladder is not...
Lactobacillus is a rod-shaped bacterium that is the part of the normal flora of the human genitourinary and digestive tracts but may cause urinary tract infections, UTI, in individuals with reduced immunity. However, the diagnosis of lactobacillus...
The urinary tract includes the kidneys, bladder and urethra, the canal that drains the bladder. All of these are subject to bacterial infection, known as a urinary tract infection, or UTI. The elderly are especially susceptible to frequent,...
Cranberry has been used as a food and medicinally since the time of the Native Americans, who used it for a variety of conditions, including bladder and kidney disorders. Cranberry is a rich source of antioxidants, including vitamin C, and may...
Conventional wisdom says cranberry juice is good for urinary tract infections. Even newspapers periodically report that nursing home patients and assisted living residents are regularly served cranberry juice as a preventative measure. With...
"The New England Journal of Medicine" reports that every year 11 percent of American women seek medical care for a urinary tract infection, UTI. If you are female, your lifetime risk for developing a UTI is 60 percent. Many of the bacteria that...
Over 500,000 people seek medical care at an emergency room each year for problems related to kidney stones, according to health professionals with the National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse. A kidney stone is a solidified...
The staphylococcus aureus bacteria cause staph infections, which lives on the skin. When there is a break in the skin, bacteria invades the underlying tissue forming a pus-filled pocket. Some of the ailments caused by staphylococcus aureus and...
Millions of Americans suffer from diabetes. Although diabetes is well-known to be a major risk factor for the development of heart disease, kidney disease, eye disease and amputations, diabetes can also make patients more susceptible to urinary...
The Staphylococcus aureus bacteria live on the skin and are the source of staph infections. If there is a break in the skin, the bacteria can invade the surrounding tissue, creating pus-filled lesions causing folliculitis, abscesses, boils,...
If you've had urinary tract infections, or UTIs, you've likely heard about cranberry juice. Cranberry has a longstanding reputation for preventing UTIs, although the evidence is mixed. The good news is that cranberry is safe, and while it doesn't...
Urinary tract infections affect more than 10 million people in the United States each year. Women have a 1-in-5 chance of getting such an infection in their adult lifetimes. Those who do have an initial infection have a much higher risk of...
Eating cranberries or drinking its juice to cure or prevent urinary tract infections is a time-proven natural folk remedy that is supported by many scientific studies. Cystitis is the medical term for urinary tract infections, which are estimated...
D-mannose, a type of sugar, has become a popular alternative treatment for preventing and treating urinary tract infections. Unfortunately, nearly all the evidence on the effectiveness of D-mannose is anecdotal, without clinical studies to back it...
