Dark Urine: What Could Be Wrong With You If Your Pee Is Brown Or Black?
Brown or black urine should certainly grab your attention. While it can be caused by medication, supplements, or even food, a dark urine color can also be the first sign of several serious medical conditions. Here, we discuss the possible causes.
Orange Urine: Benign Medication Side Effect, Or Sign Of Serious Disease?
Your urine should be a shade of yellow — not orange! Should you be worried if your urine is orange? Not quite yet, as orange urine can be caused by benign things as well as serious diseases. It's probably time to go see a doctor, though.
Your Health State In A Few Drops Of Pee
Urine is a very interesting liquid with a complex composition. Urine's characteristics have helped clinicians in the diagnosis of diseases that affect the urinary tract and other organs. Get to know more about what your urine can tell about your health.
13 Signs of Kidney Disease You Should Never Ignore
Chronic Kidney Disease affects up to 1 in 10 of the population, but up to 90% of people don't know they have it. Here, we explore our baker's dozen of signs that you might have kidney disease.
Prevent Urinary Incontinence by Losing Weight
Weight loss is an intervention that helps prevent urinary incontinence in almost any woman at almost any stage of life, not just after pregnancy. Men may need an exercise program.
Link Between Vitamin D Deficiency And Bladder Cancer
Previous clinical studies have shown a link exists between vitamin D deficiency and the occurrence of certain health-related conditions. A recent study has shown that vitamin deficiency may increase the risk of bladder cancer development.
Constipation Linked To Poor Kidney Health
A recent study has shown an association between constipation and the development of chronic kidney disease. The clinical implication of this finding is that practitioners need to be aware of these patients and they need to be managed appropriately.
Overactive Bladder: Real Disease or Marketing Hype?
Thirty-three million people in the United States have been diagnosed with overactive bladder. But is it a real disease? And is medication really necessary for controlling it?
Treating Bladder Infections Without Antibiotics: When You Don't Need Antibiotics for UTI
Bladder infections are usually treated with antibiotics, but a new understanding of how bladder infections keep from being washed away in the flow of urine may soon lead to new treatments.
UTIs during pregnancy: are they dangerous?
Urinary Tract Infections are very common during pregnancy. What you may not know, is that they can also be pretty dangerous. We will explore what UTIs are, how they can be treated, and which dangers they pose to pregnant women and their babies.