Urinary tract infections are always unpleasant experiences. While certain natural factors can predispose one to urinary tract infections, there are also other practices and things which can predispose one to urinary tract infections and increase the frequency of their occurrences. While women are naturally predisposed to urinary tract infections because of their shorter urethras, the …

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The Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has sent out several alarms on the increased number of infections associated with swimming pools and recreational swimming. Statistics from CDC showed that the outbreak of Cryptosporidium infections doubled in two years, from 2014 to 2016 in the US. Cryptosporidium is one of the several microorganisms that …

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According to the International Diabetes Federation, as of 2010, over 280 million persons had diabetes all over the world. The statistic of persons with diabetes has increased significantly since then. Diabetes is thus one of the metabolic disorders with a high public health significance. The worldwide prevalence of diabetes has been linked to several factors …

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