A group of experts who reviewed evidence on urinary tract infections (UTIs) failed to come up with many recommendations due to the lack of evidence about how to diagnose and treat the infections, a ...

Dear Carol: I’m writing to tell your readers about what our family went through with our 86-year-old mom. She’d been doing great until one day I let myself in her door and she was sitting in her chair ...

UTIs may cause neurological symptoms, especially in older adults. It can also worsen symptoms in people with neurological conditions. Diagnosing and treating the UTI may help prevent serious ...

Patients older than 65 years who have urinary tract infections (UTIs) are at increased risk for sepsis and death within 60 days from UTI if not treated with immediate antibiotic therapy. Those older ...

(HealthDay News) — In a case vignette published in the New England Journal of Medicine, recommendations are presented for management of recurrent acute febrile urinary tract infections in older men.

A systematic Cochrane review evaluated 15 randomized trials comparing different durations of oral antibiotics for the treatment of uncomplicated symptomatic lower UTIs in 1,644 elderly women (Cochrane ...

Dear Dr Roach: In a recent column, you wrote that hormone replacement therapy should be considered in elderly women to prevent urinary tract infections (UTIs) by stopping bacteria from getting into ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It’s one of the most common misdiagnoses in American medicine, and it usually happens like this: An old and frail person gets ...

Urinary tract infections may not seem like a big deal to most women, but urological health is important. Learn more about this irritating, yet common, condition. Those of us who have had just one ...