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4 days ago
While everyone seems to be talking about 'Ozempic face' - the gaunt, aged look from rapid weight loss drugs - fewer are aware of a phenomena I'm seeing. It's a condition you could call 'Ozempic vagin…
58 days ago
I thought I had cancer but my recurring, agonising UTIs were caused by a far more common problem that affects all women... and this is the simple fix doctors rarely offer ⊖⊖
It was in November, when I developed my ninth UTI n four months, that I began to wonder if I had some awful disease. Could I have kidney disease - or even bladder cancer?
3 months ago
Women are hailing 'miracle cure' for painful UTIs - but NHS is refusing to fund it. Here's how to get hold of it, what it does - and supplements you can take to end the misery ⊖⊖
Women with persistent, painful bladder infections are being forced to shell out hundreds of pounds for a 'revolutionary' vaccine that can prevent the agonising condition from returning.
4 months ago
WHO warns of increase in antibiotic-resistant infections - with STIs, UTIs and gut bugs becoming harder to treat ○
Infections that are resistant to antibiotics continue to threaten global health experts warn, as hospitals report an alarming rise in the number of deaths driven by drug resistant strains.
Suffering from recurring UTIs? Leading nurse says it could be a warning sign of deadly kidney cancer ⊖⊖
Suffering from recurrent urinary tract infections could be a sign of kidney cancer, a nurse has warned.
7 months ago
This is why so many women are suffering from chronic UTIs, the factors that make them worse and the startling link to sepsis: CHRISTA D'SOUZA ○
Most women know the pattern. The tell-tale ache in your kidney. The vain hope it's in your head, then the frantic drinking of water to flush out the suspected infection.
‘Our stage is a giant pair of open legs!’ Meet Glastonbury’s most obscure acts ○
It’s not all about the headliners. Away from the big stages, feminist punks are singing songs about UTIs and Elvis has been reborn as Kurt Cobain
With 80 stages hosting more than 3,000 performers, the…
8 months ago
Cheap supplement that could banish painful UTIs praised by patients as 'life changing'... so why won't the NHS endorse it? ○
Although antibiotics are routinely prescribed, many patients - more commonly women than men - either find the drugs don't always cure the problem or the infections quickly return.
9 months ago
The private pain of prolapse: six things I wish I’d known – from sex to exercise to mental health ○
Pelvic organ prolapse affects around half of all women, yet it is little understood and very rarely discussed. Here is what I found out after my diagnosis
When I experienced pelvic organ prolapse afte…
13 months ago
Social media users reveal most shocking substances they've used as lube - and experts reveal what really is safe if you run out of KY Jelly ○
One social media user 'strongly discourages' anyone from using sunflower oil and warned they can cause UTIs and yeast infections.