Getting Past the Pain If you've ever suffered from a urinary tract infection, you know the burning pain. Now imagine that pain doubled, tripled, or quadrupled. And imagine that the pain is not relieved by antibiotics.
The Elusive Human Papillomavirus When I finally met my birth family for the first time in 1995, my grandmother said, almost in passing, "Make sure you keep up to date on your Pap tests-your mother had cervical cancer. Reluctantly, I acquiesced to my first exam in over six years.
Butterbur Recently I had a phone call from a friend who was experiencing bladder control problems. Her sudden and frequent urinary urges and occasional leaking was causing concern and embarrassment at the office and at social gatherings.
Urinary Tract Infections Burning, frequency, urgency, and pain: these are the unpleasant symptoms of a urinary tract infection (UTI). If you have ever had one, you know how uncomfortable it can be.
Herbal Medicine for Kidney Strength Chinese medical doctors call kidneys the "mother of all organs." And no wonder. Each kidney, about the size and shape of a fist, is half of a hard-working pair that constantly filters toxins from the blood, balances mineral electrolytes and regulates changes in blood volume.