Last year, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the first at-home test for three prevalent infections in women – ...

Ureaplasma bacteria live in the urinary tract and elsewhere in the genitals. They often cause no harm, but there can be a link between a Ureaplasma infection and infertility. Share on Pinterest The ...

The acronym UTI in medical circles stands for “urinary tract infection,” and it applies to a range of infections affecting the kidneys, bladder, ureters and/or urethra. Many people get UTIs when fecal ...

At-home tests for a urinary tract infection (UTI) are convenient because they are easily available online or in drugstores without a prescription. A UTI applies to a range of infections affecting the ...

A revolutionary new medical test highlighted in a study in Nature Medicine could transform infection diagnostics forever. This new metagenomic sequencing test can detect a broad range of ...

Preliminary experiments suggest that a new test could diagnose bacterial infections that cause sepsis days faster than conventional approaches, with potentially lifesaving consequences. When you ...

All of this disproportionately affects the elderly. In a 2023 study of patients with a median age of 75, approximately 30% of patients with a positive urine culture actually had asymptomatic ...

Some antibiotics stop bacteria from growing without actually killing them, allowing infections to return later. Scientists at ...