We spent my second-to-last night in London in his flat listening to old bands and piping. And then we did the same thing on my last night. I started daydreaming about our future life together the second I kissed him goodbye. Through customs. Through boarding. Through the first round of drinks from the cart. It got so…

Just in case you needed more to be afraid of in life, urinary tract infections are becoming more and more resistant to antibiotics used to treat them and have the potential to become life threatening bloodstream infections. Oh, and there's a good chance people are getting at least some of these infections from the…

Brace your bladders, ladies. It appears that the bacteria E. coli, which is so fond of invading our sensitive lady urethras on a regular basis and wreaking all kinds of painful havoc up in our tracts, is growing smarter and learning to overcome our best defenses. A new study of over 12 million bacteria found that E.…

All this time, you thought the painful curse of a urinary tract infection was simply your body punishing you for having too much of that slutty sex the Republicans keep talking about. Well, guess what? It might actually be the chicken you're eating that's really to blame. The CDC has found that most of the UTIs in the…

Snooki's urinary tract health has turned out to be a major story arc this season of Jersey Shore, with the complications and treatment of her UTI spanning over several episodes (and even crossing over to Bravo). She's become an unlikely face for UTI awareness. Perhaps she can add antibiotics to her growing empire of…

It kind of goes without saying, but Jesus Christ, do not follow the health advice of anyone on Jersey Shore. On last night's episode, Snooki was suffering from a urinary tract infection (which we later learned was caused by anal sex). Experiencing classic symptoms like loss of bladder control (she wet her pants at…

If you're interested in warding off urinary tract infections you should learn to love cranberry juice, because scientists won't be coming out with a pill version anytime soon. Proanthocyanidins or PACs, a group of flavonoids found in cranberries, were thought to be what makes the juice effective at fighting…

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Intensive-care patients at a hospital in Barcelona suffered from lower-body respiratory tract infections and urinary tract infections after using a contaminated body moisturizer, according to the medical journal Critical Care. If you're healthy, the low levels of bacteria occasionally found in cosmetics won't harm…

Everything your college roommate told you is true. Well, at least about the magic healing powers of the cranberry. Cranberry juice, long guzzled by paranoid sexually active women everywhere in an attempt to save themselves from the agonizing pain of a urinary tract infection, has been confirmed as having legit…