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US study: genital herpes virus reactivates widely throughout genital tract
Tuesday, 26 January 2010- Genital herpes caused by a reactivation of herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) is generally treated as a lesion in one specific area of the genital region. A new study, however, finds that the virus can...
Edited by: ES
Drug-resistant E. coli called significant threat in UTI treatments
Thursday, 31 December 2009- First-line use of carbapenem antibiotics for urinary tract infections may become necessary if the spread of drug-resistant E. coli continues, according to a prominent infectious disease expert in...
Edited by: JV
LUTS linked to psychiatric problems in women
Tuesday, 15 December 2009- Female veterans who have lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) have high rates of psychiatric comorbidity and history of sexual trauma compared to women in the general population, according to a study in...
Edited by: ES
Researchers investigate why circumcision reduces HIV risk
Wednesday, 24 November 2009- The decreased risk of HIV infection in circumcised men cannot be explained by a reduction in sores from conditions such as herpes, according to research published in PLoS Medicine.
In further...
Edited by: ES
Experts warn against increasing antimicrobial resistance
Friday, 27 March 2009- A Japanese expert underscored the rising antimicrobial resistance across the globe and said that the problem may pose further serious risks to public healthcare if international bodies fail to link up...
By Joel Vega
Non-invasive test may improve diagnosis of polyomavirus nephropathy
Monday, 26 January 2009- A new and simple urine test can detect polyomavirus nephropathy, a relatively new and serious complication that affects up to 9% of kidney transplant recipients, according to a study appearing in the...
Edited by: ES
Children kidney function accurately measured by new clinical equation
Friday, 23 January 2009- Measuring a child's kidney function has traditionally been time-consuming, costly, and difficult to perform, but a new equation that uses parameters collected at routine office visits can...
Edited by: JV
Ultrasound fails to delineate significant renal pathology in children with urinary tract infections
Thursday, 25 September 2008 - Routine radiological evaluation in children with urinary tract infections includes ultrasound. Additional dimercapto-succinic acid scintigraphy in this setting is a common but not routine practice to...
Authors: Hamoui et al.
Febrile urinary tract infections in children with an early negative voiding cystourethrogram
Thursday, 18 September 2008 - Children in whom nonsurgical management for vesicoureteral reflux fails are considered candidates for surgical intervention. An option is endoscopic treatment with Deflux(R). Sedberry-Ross et al....
Authors: Sedberry-Ross et al.
Mental health diagnoses in patients with interstitial cystitis/painful bladder syndrome and chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome
Wednesday, 17 September 2008 - Clemens et al. (2008) compared the rate of mental health disorders in male and female patients with pelvic pain and control subjects.
Male patients with chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain...
Authors: Clemens et al.
