"Bones can break, muscles can atrophy, glands can loaf, even the brain can go to sleep without immediate danger to survival. But should the kidneys fail...neither bone, muscle, gland nor brain could ...

Excretion can be defined as the removal of toxic waste products of metabolism from the body. These wastes can be either solid, liquid or in the gaseous state. The liquid wastes are ammonia and urea, ...

Background: Uncircumcised boys are at higher risk for urinary tract infections than circumcised boys. Whether this risk varies with the visibility of the urethral meatus is not known. Our aim was to ...

Dear Dr. Gott: I used to have frequent, painful urinary-tract infections. It was suggested in the Cleveland Ostomy News from the Cleveland Ostomy Association that drinking a small amount of vinegar ...

A bladder infection is a type of UTI, which refers to infection in the bladder, kidneys, ureters, or urethra. A bladder infection is most often caused by a bacterial infection within the bladder. For ...

A large number of women are known to suffer from Urinary Tract Infection. Women are inherently at higher risk for UTIs as compared to men. However, it is more common in pregnant women. This is due to ...

New research finds there is significant variation in the anatomy of the human digestive system, with pronounced differences possible between healthy individuals. The finding has implications for ...