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    High Vitamin D Doses Reduce Respiratory Tract Infection Risk

    Patients who are prone to infections and are given high vitamin D doses for one year have a significantly lower risk of developing respiratory tract infection, compared to their counterparts who do not receive the extra daily vitamin, researchers from the Karolinska Institute and Karolinska...
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    Urinary Tract Infection And Antibiotic Resistance

    As a result of concerns about antibiotic resistance, doctors in the United States are increasingly prescribing newer, more costly and more powerful antibiotics to treat urinary tract infections, one of the most common illnesses in women. New research at Oregon State University suggests that the...
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    Incidence Of Urinary Tract Infections Greater In Uncircumcised Boys

    Uncircumcised boys are at higher risk of urinary tract infection, regardless of whether the urethra is visible, found a new study published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). Urinary tract infections are one of the most common serious bacterial infections in children and, if not...
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    can diet cause urinary tract infection?

    do u think what u eat can cause a urinary infection?
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    Urinary Tract Infection?

    Im 16 and I think i may have a UTI. When i pee it burns and after. I have had the chills and I feel like i have to throw up all day. I have never had sex. so what is it from.....? Do i go to a Dr , What dose a DR do for it...? Like how do they know if if you have one.... Help me... Idk what to...
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    Vesicoureteral Reflux In Children With Suspected And Proven Urinary Tract Infection

    Vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) has been thought to be an important and pathological phenomenon leading to renal scarring and irreversible renal damage in children with urinary tract infection (UTI). This assumption has lead to practices where thousands of children with UTI undergo voiding...
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    endogenous water in the GI tract? Nutrition HELP?

    a. comes from the diet b. is trivial in terms of total guy water c. is mostly excreted with feces d. is water which is secreted back into the GI tract from body fluids e. both b and d are true.
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    Why are some urinary tract infections chronic?

    Chronic infection is, in a way, the new emerging infectious disease. Many pathogens are relatively tenacious when they infect elderly individuals or individuals who are otherwise not fully immunocompetent, and such individuals are, thanks to modern medical technology and practice, more common...
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    Does Cranberry Juice Help Repress or Reduce Urinary Tract Infections? A study in ske

    After I reported this recent and interesting research paper about urinary tract inflictions, a number of conversations broke out on that post, on my facebook page, and via email, and some of these conversations raised the question of cranberry juice and whether the idea that it prevents...
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    The Influence Of Psychiatric Comorbidities And Sexual Trauma On Lower Urinary Tract S

    UroToday.com - Psychosocial conditions including depression, anxiety disorders and sexual trauma have been identified as risk factors for overactive bladder and incontinence. Could psychosocial factors and emotional influences play a role in the production or perception of lower urinary tract...
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    Urinary Tract Cancer Associated With Chinese Herbal Products Containing Aristolochic

    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 December 21 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Many...
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    Urinary Tract Cancer Associated With Chinese Herbal Products Containing Aristolochic

    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 December 21 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Many...
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    Urinary Tract Cancer Associated With Chinese Herbal Products Containing Aristolochic

    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 December 21 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Many...
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    Urinary Tract Cancer Associated With Chinese Herbal Products Containing Aristolochic

    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 December 21 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Many...
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    Urinary Tract Cancer Associated With Chinese Herbal Products Containing Aristolochic

    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 December 21 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Many...
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    Is my dog pregnant? or Urethra Tract Infection.?

    My dog never peed at home since after her puppyhood. She suddenly started to pee at home again, right after the breeding (three weeks ago). The thing is, I dont have resources here in my country to run thru pregnancy test on her. Frenz suggested it might be some urethra tract infection which I...
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    URGENT! Dangerous prescriptions, please help with my Urinary Tract Infections!?

    I am extremely prone to getting urinary tract infections. I got them when I was a kid, but now that I'm sexually active, I get them way more frequently. In 2001, I got three within a few months of each other, so my doctor prophalactically prescribed an antibiotic to take after every time I...
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    Could drinking lots of coffee have caused my urinary tract infection?

    I don't normally drink coffee at all but since saturday I've drunk heaps cos I've been working in an office and trying to stay alert. Yesterday I felt a burning after I finished peeing and now I have a constant gentle urge to pee, could the excess caffeine have caused this? If I stop drinking...
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    Cranberry = a healthy urinary tract?

    I have heard that Cranberry can help maintain a healthy urinary tract. Is this true? And if so, how does it help?
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    Mother won't come on holiday because of urinary tract infection?

    She had discomfort, and passed a bit of blood, so visited the doctors and they diagnosed her with UTI and precribed her a course of anti-biotics. Now, she claims shes too ill to come on holiday and as a result won't let my sister go either (doesnt want to be left alone). Me and my dad were...
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