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UTI Prevention

Why Your UTI Always Shows Up on Vacation
Pelvic Health

Why Your UTI Always Shows Up on Vacation

Your bladder packs its bags and chooses violence the minute you get out of office. Here's exactly why...

Beyond the Petri Dish: Why PCR Testing Is Revolutionizing UTI Care
Pelvic Health

Beyond the Petri Dish: Why PCR Testing Is Revolutionizing UTI Care

You may still feel UTI symptoms even after a urine culture comes back negative. Traditional testing misses specific...

Cranberry: From Ancestral Medicine to Molecular Science
Pelvic Health

Cranberry: From Ancestral Medicine to Molecular Science

From Indigenous medicine to 1970s women's health movements to Amy Howell's Rutgers lab. The scientific lineage of cranberry...

Antimicrobial Resistance <br>is a Women's Health Issue
Antibiotic Resistance

Antimicrobial Resistance
is a Women's Health Issue

Antimicrobial resistance kills over 1.27 million people per year. Women's recurrent UTIs are a meaningful driver. The 2025...

Why Do I Keep Getting Yeast Infections? (And What Actually Helps)
Pelvic Health

Why Do I Keep Getting Yeast Infections? (And What Actually Helps)

A founder's account of the antibiotic-yeast cycle, plus the clinical picture of why yeast infections recur, what mimics...

Can Condoms Cause a UTI? Three Ingredients That Increase Your Risk
Pelvic Health

Can Condoms Cause a UTI? Three Ingredients That Increase Your Risk

Spermicide-coated condoms nearly triple UTI risk. Fragranced and warming additives irritate the urethra. Unlubricated condoms create tissue trauma....

UTI Prevention vs. UTI Treatment: What's the Difference?
UTI Prevention

UTI Prevention vs. UTI Treatment: What's the Difference?

Treatment is what you do during an active UTI. Prevention is what you do between them. Different tools,...

Why UTIs Are More Common in Women
Pelvic Health

Why UTIs Are More Common in Women

50% of women get a UTI in their lifetime, versus 12% of men. The anatomy, hormones, microbiome, and...

Vaginal Ecology 101: How to Keep Your Microbiome Healthy
Pelvic Health

Vaginal Ecology 101: How to Keep Your Microbiome Healthy

Your vagina is an ecosystem with its own microbial community. Most women are never taught how it works....

Your Bladder Health Starts in the Gut
Pelvic Health

Your Bladder Health Starts in the Gut

The bladder isn't sterile. The gut-bladder axis explains why recurrent UTIs are downstream of gut, immune, and hormonal...

What Your Orgasm Says About Your Pelvic Floor and UTIs
Intimacy 101

What Your Orgasm Says About Your Pelvic Floor and UTIs

A 2022 study identified three distinct orgasm patterns based on pelvic floor contraction. The same pelvic floor affects...

Postpartum UTIs and the Pelvic Floor Story Nobody Told Me
Motherhood

Postpartum UTIs and the Pelvic Floor Story Nobody Told Me

When I was 31, I had a newborn, a recurrent UTI history, and antibiotics in my milk supply....