Globally, one in 13 youth experience nocturnal enuresis
One in 13 youth and adolescents globally experience nocturnal enuresis, according to a review published online March 20 in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health.
Apr 8, 2025
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Urogenital Diseases: News and Research on Urinary Tract Infections
MeSH tree: C12.050.351.968.892
Study exposes huge levels of untargeted antibiotic prescribing
Doctors are prescribing antibiotics for tens of thousands of patients with infections, with little or no consideration of prognosis and the risk of the infection worsening, according to a new study led by University of Manchester ...
Apr 3, 2025
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US approves new antibiotic for urinary tract infections
US health regulators have approved a new antibiotic to treat urinary tract infections, a problem affecting more than 100 million people around the world, mainly women, British pharmaceutical giant GSK said Tuesday.
Mar 26, 2025
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Bladder macrophages form immune barrier against bloodstream infections, study finds
A research team led by Prof. Zeng Zhutian from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) has identified and named a novel population of bladder-resident macrophages, termed suburothelial perivascular macrophages ...
Mar 10, 2025
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Low-frequency bladder vibration beneficial for UTI in spinal cord injury
Applying low-frequency bladder vibration (LFBV) to patients with spinal cord injury (SCI)/neurogenic bladder who developed urinary tract infections (UTIs) during rehabilitation is associated with a reduction in urinary leukocytes ...
Mar 6, 2025
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Researchers uncover how UTIs cause bladder nerve hypersensitivity, leading to pain
New insights into what causes the painful and disruptive symptoms of urinary tract infections (UTIs) could offer hope for improved treatment.
Feb 6, 2025
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Hospitals that serve more Black patients have poorer nurse staffing, study finds
Picture two patients receiving acute care: one is hospitalized in a unit where three nurses have five patients and three have six, and another where all six nurses have six patients. Evidence has shown that higher nurse staffing ...
Jan 14, 2025
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Study finds widespread use of unregulated molecular urine tests in older adults
An analysis of Medicare claims data found a 60-fold increase in the use of unregulated rapid molecular diagnostic tests for urinary tract infections (UTIs) in older adults from 2016 to 2023, researchers reported Nov. 26 in ...
Nov 29, 2024
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Drinking plenty of water helps with a variety of conditions from obesity to migraines, researchers find
Public health recommendations generally suggest drinking eight cups of water a day. And many people just assume it's healthy to drink plenty of water. Now researchers at UC San Francisco have taken a systematic look at the ...
Nov 27, 2024
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UTIs are extraordinarily common but kidney infections are not—now doctors know why
Infections in the lower urinary tract rarely migrate to the kidneys, but the precise mechanism that the human body employs to keep the twin organs disease-free has remained a medical mystery—until now.
