The genitourinary tract includes the urinary and genital organs. Various conditions, such as urinary tract infections and kidney problems, may affect the genitourinary tract. The genitourinary tract ...

For years, the long-term care industry has been locked in a high-stakes battle against Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTIs). We have ...

Want to pee all the time, or been told to drink cranberry juice because it burns when you pee? If so, you might have experience with urinary tract infections or UTIs. UTIs happen when certain types of ...

A urinary tract infection (UTI) is one of those uncomfortable health situations that many people know all too well. The sting, the constant urge to run to the bathroom and the interruptions to work or ...

The function of the lower urinary tract — to store and periodically eliminate urine — seems simple, but its neuronal control is complex and not fully understood, and dysfunction is common. Functional ...

A link exists between the two, but more research is needed to figure out why and how to treat urinary incontinence related to COVID-19. COVID-19 tends to affect the respiratory system. But research ...

Diabetes is a chronic condition that affects the body’s ability to use sugar — or glucose — from food for energy. It can lead to various health complications, including having a higher risk of ...

A fistula is an abnormal hole in the bowel or the bladder. A recto-urethral fistula is a hole between the urethra (urinary channel) and the rectum. This hole leads to leakage of urine into the rectum ...

Obesity has been recognized as one of the major factors causing the emergence of type 2 diabetes. It also affects the kidney, which works harder to filter the blood in the body, thereby causing damage ...