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A new study confirms what women and doctors have known for a long time: cranberries prevent urinary tract infections. The benefits of cranberries for UTIs have recently been debated, but if you’re someone who relies on them for prevention of those incredibly annoying infections, the research seems to say keep on keepin’ on. More
Urinary Infections (UTI’s) result in approximately 8 to 10 million doctor visits a year. More common in women than men, UTI’s, are not only uncomfortable and can certainly put a damper on your personal life, but they may result in serious health problems if not properly diagnosed and treated. Once an infection is present, the most common symptoms include pain or burning on urination, pressure or pain in the lower abdomen, urinary urgency and frequency, difficulty urinating and passing small amounts of urination. If a UTI is suspected, a simple urine test that shows the presence of red blood cells and white blood cells confirms diagnosis. A urine culture can also determine the bacteria causing the infection and the appropriate antibiotic therapy, if necessary. More
The latest in a slew of dangerous club drugs, ketamine–or better known as “special K”, is making its way around the party scene with teens and young adults, but according to new studies, it’s causing a lot more health concerns than just addiction. More
If pink slime didn’t gross you out enough, maybe this will. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, chicken could be the latest toxic meat. A new study says that all sorts of nasty bacteria are lurking in there, which could be causing all of those lovely urinary tract infections we’ve been suffering from all these years. More
Cranberry juice is more effective at preventing urinary tract infections than cranberry supplements, according to a new report published in the journal Food Science and Biotechnology. Cool—but not all cranberry juice is created equal, as our analysis of 6 different cranberry juices below shows. To maximize bacteria-fighting potential while minimizing on sugar or high fructose corn syrup, make sure you check your juice’s ingredient list. Added sugars may actually inhibit a cranberry juice’s ability to fight UTIs, since refined sugar can mess with your white blood cells’ ability to destroy bacteria. More
One of the weird things about sex-ed, at least as I remember it, is that there’s a lot of focus on sexually transmitted infections (STIs) but nothing on other common infections that can hit your lady parts. If you’re experiencing symptoms—like vaginal itching, weird discharge, pain when peeing or pain during sex—that you’re just sure are the clap, don’t panic: These are also the symptoms associated with very common and very treatable ills like urinary tract infections, yeast infections, bacterial vaginosis or vaginitus. Here’s a quick guide to those things other than an STI that could be causing you problems down there … [I had a graphic designer friend who designed boxes for a pubic hair dye company, whose slogan was "For the Hair ... Down There.' This has since become my favorite euphemism for female genitalia ...] More
She didn’t have an advanced science degree, but Mary Poppins was onto something: According to new studies, a spoonful of sugar not only helps the medicine go down; it could actually help eradicate persistent bacterial infections. Certain types of bacteria have adapted to antibiotic treatment by “playing dead,” but according to researchers, it’s possible to “wake them up” with sugar in order to effectively treat them. The good news? A little sugar-coating seems to go a long way in helping eradicate things like urinary tract infections, staph bacteria, and even E.coli. The bad news? This doesn’t mean you can count cookies as medicine; only certain types of sugar are effective, and they’re administered as part of the antibiotic treatment. More
So you’ve survived Monday morning, which is notoriously the sleepiest time of the week. WebMD put together a list of the reasons why you might feel consistently groggy, and ways to fix that. 1. Lack of Sleep. We know – … More
