Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) and prostatitis, acute and chronic prostate infection or inflammation, are a cause of concern, especially in elderly males. The prostate gland’s health deteriorates with age, and an enlarged prostate can cause problems in urination, leading to urinary tract infections. Unfortunately, the main prostate treatments are still prescription drugs or, in serious […]

With hypertriglyceridemia being a prevailing and highly progressing symptom of metabolic syndrome, especially in the United States victimizing more than 50 million people to date, doctors and nutritionists had to come up with a way to control it. While the physicians keep opting for the prescription drugs, nutritionists realized that the natural dietary supplements and […]

Urinary tract infections are far more common than talked about. Women are easy victims to UTIs mainly because of their basic anatomy, hormonal imbalances, pregnancy, and other factors. Almost half the women will experience one urinary infection in their lifetime. That said, the risk of recurrent infection within six months is just as common. Until […]

Plant extracts and herbal essential oils have been used since ancient times to treat wounds and infections. The medicinal properties of herbs and their efficacy need no proof, as this was the most common way to heal or cure conditions, before the advent of antibiotics. Antibiotics, too, are natural products produced by disease-causing organisms like […]

Antibiotics have been used for the treatment of many disease and infections dating back to 1928. One of these infections is UTI. However, due to the prolonged usage of antibiotics, some strains of pathogenic bacteria have developed resistance. The golden era of antibiotics might just be coming to a standstill as other more natural and […]

The urinary tract is the perfect breeding ground for bacteria that cling on to the walls of the bladder, leading to a urinary infection. As the second most prevalent type of infection in the United States, UTIs can be debilitating, especially when they are chronic or recurrent infections. The fear of a UTI for those […]