Background Clean catch urine (CCU) collection in precontinent children is often time-consuming, with associated collection failure. We hypothesise that stimulating cutaneous reflexes hastens voiding ...

Many febrile children require a urine sample to diagnose or exclude UTI. Collecting urine from young children can be time-consuming, unsuccessful or contaminated. Cost-effectiveness of each collection ...

Urine is usually clear and light yellow in color, but cloudy urine may be hazy or milky looking. Dehydration, an infection, and certain health conditions can all cause cloudy urine (pee). It may also ...

A woman who has been drinking her own pee and rubbing it on her face for over a decade claims it improves her skin and overall health. Ruby Karyo, 30, has been gulping down her morning urine and ...

You may experience foul-smelling urine without pain due to eating certain foods or taking medications. But a bad smell without pain may also indicate an underlying health condition. Urine is a ...

It poses a high risk of addiction. A urine test can detect traces of meth in your system within the first week after use. If you need a negative drug test for employment or legal reasons ...

Alcohol urine tests can detect alcohol or alcohol byproducts in your urine for 12 to 24 hours or more (up to 72 hours) with heavier alcohol use. Various factors contribute to the test results, such as ...

Male Amazon river dolphins have been documented rolling upside down and firing a stream of urine into the air. As if that isn’t bizarre enough, other males will usually seek out the urine as it ...

But 'foamy' or frothy urine is multiple layers of tiny to medium-sized bubbles in the toilet bowl that do not go away after a few minutes,' she says. While bubbles are clear, foam is more of an ...

Studies have demonstrated that the midstream clean-catch method of urine collection in nonpregnant women does not decrease contamination rates and is not recommended. Urine color is mainly ...