A new smartphone app and and lab kit can identify urinary tract infections (UTI) in an hour, with remarkable detail. The app, from UCSB researcher Michael Mahan's and Stanford’s Tom Soh’s teams, can ...

There are several urodynamic tests a doctor may recommend. You may need multiple tests for a full diagnosis. Urodynamic tests see how well your urinary tract, especially your bladder, urethra, and ...

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 ...

New Rapid Test IDs Bacteria Involved In Urinary Tract Infections, Possibly Improving Treatment By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterTHURSDAY, Dec. 18, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A new rapid test could ...

Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have developed a method for diagnosing urinary tract infections that significantly accelerates antibiotic resistance testing in urine. Because ...

WASHINGTON — A cheap new test can quickly diagnose drug-resistant urinary tract infections, scientists reported September 7 at the Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. The ...

A new rapid test could improve treatment of urinary tract infections, by identifying the most effective antibiotic for each individual patient. The test applies different antibiotics to bacteria found ...

Currently, in order to determine if someone has a urinary tract infection, a sample of their urine has to be sent off to a lab – it typically takes several days to get results. Now, however, ...

A chronic urinary tract infection is a repeated or prolonged bacterial infection of the bladder or urethra, the tube that carries urine from the bladder out of the body. While urinary tract infections ...

Gaffin is an infectious disease physician in New Jersey. Recently, a former patient contacted me about his wife. “She had a recent stroke which has caused cognitive decline along with slow-growing ...