Feeling anxious around needles is common. The NHS estimates that around one in 10 people experience trypanophobia, a fear of medical procedures that involve needles or injections. Unfortunately, in medicine, the use of needles is often necessary to check on a person’s health. But looking in the blood may not be the only way to […]
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Health warning: Britons warned against fad involving washing eyes with urine according to
The urine therapy gained notoriety when one Youtube enthusiast, Steven Williams, claimed he has improved his vision by washing his eyes with his own urine and also claims that swilling his mouth with the urine has helped with his inflamed gums and even whitened his teeth. Williams posted these claims on his channel and has even produced […]
Fluorescing urine signals organ transplant rejection, could replace needle biopsies
Too often, it’s only after a transplanted organ has sustained serious damage that a biopsy reveals the organ is in rejection. A new screening method using sensor particles and a urine test could catch rejection much earlier, more comprehensively, and without a biopsy needle. When the body’s immune system has just begun attacking cells of […]
Urine pH: Normal ranges and what they mean
The pH is the measurement of how acidic or alkaline a person’s urine is. Doctors often test the urine pH, and they may perform other diagnostic tests, when a person has symptoms that may be related to a problem in the urinary tract. What is the normal pH of urine? According to the American Association […]
New urine dipstick test detects cause of disease that blinds millions
Scientists at Scripps Research have developed a urine diagnostic to detect the parasitic worms that cause river blindness, also called onchocerciasis, a tropical disease that afflicts 18 to 120 million people worldwide. Described in the journal ACS Infectious Diseases, the new, non-invasive test may provide an inexpensive method of determining in real time whether a […]