From dehydration and UTIs to kidney stones and medication effects, discover the common reasons behind cloudy urine and when ...

In one study comparing urine dipstick to microscopy performed by a nephrologist in the detection of white blood cells (WBCs) in urine, the sensitivity and specificity for leukocyte esterase was ...

However, this value alone is not sufficient to give an early detection of kidney failure, as it only rises when kidney ...

Researchers have developed two unique energy-efficient and cost-effective systems that use urea found in urine and wastewater ...

Diagnosis of UTI is confirmed by a positive culture of an appropriate urine sample; much of the existing controversy is the result of the difficulty to obtain such a sample in young children.

Urethral cancer is a rare cancer that develops in the urethra, the tube that carries urine out of the body ... while radiation is effective at killing any remaining microscopic cancer cells that may ...