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The gold standard test for urinary tract infections UTIs is not fit for purpose, according to research which suggests that it fails to diagnose most chronic sufferers.UTIs afflict an estimated 150-200 million people around the world every year. While many, particularly young women, suffer acute attacks of cystitis, which is quickly resolved with a few
stanley cups uk days of antibiotics, chronic infection can stay with people for many years and wreak havoc with their lives.Those who suffer most tend to be older women, who may be sent home time and again by the doctor because the UTI test is negative. But the test, which has been around since the 1950s and was adopted all over the world, is flawed, says Dr Jennifer Rohn, head of Urological Biology at University College Londons UCLs Department of Renal Medicine in t
stanley mugg he Division of Medicine at the Royal Free Hospital.Her team compared the results of the standard test 鈥?the midstream urine culture MSU 鈥?with DNA sequencing for 33 new patients with symptoms, 30 who were experiencing a relapse after having been treated and 29 controls with no symptoms. Their research, published in the Journal of Clinical Microbiology, found only six of the MSU tests were positive, while th
stanley cup e DNA test identified infection in all the patients with symptoms. This work put the MSU head-to-head with modern DNA analysis methods 鈥?and it failed spectacularly, said Rohn. On the other hand, genomic sequencing using enriched urine specimens easily managed to pick ou Wgnj Coronavirus crisis may deny 9.5 million women access to family planning
The Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, has condemned David Camerons decision to welcome the Egypt
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borraccia stanley n said Abdel Fatah al-Sisis visit to No 10 on Thursday as the guest of Cameron showed contempt for human and democratic rights .Sisis visit is expected to be marked by an outbreak of protests against the former army chief who won power after a coup against Egypts
stanley france democratically elected leader that involved a massacre of protesters.Downing Street has defended the visit, saying Cameron needed to talk to Sisi about security in north Africa and the Middle East, but Corbyn said it threatens, rather than protects, Britains national security . Support for dialogue and negotiated conflict resolution in the Middle East is vital to us all, he said. But to welcome and bolster with military support the coup leader who overthrew a democratically elected president in 2013 and has presided over the killing and jailing of many thousands since makes a mockery of government claims to be promoting peace and justice in the region. Support for dictatorial regimes in the Middle East has been a key factor fuelling the spread of terrorism. Rather than rolling out the red carpet to President Sisi, the prime minister should suspend arms exports to Egypt until democratic and civil rights are restored. Downing Street said the likely areas of discussion between Cameron and Sisi would be combating terrorism in Egy
