Infections Could Trigger a Heart Attack or Stroke

(This article previously appeared in American Heart Association News.) Diabetes, high blood pressure and elevated cholesterol are well-known risk factors for cardiovascular disease. But what about just getting sick? Could picking up some type of bug in… Continue reading

Does Risk of UTIs Increase With Age?

The older I get, the more I realize I’m turning into my mother. She’s 75 to my 52, but we have more and more in common. We talk the same. We laugh the same. We tend to like the same books and the same movies. And of late, we have one more thing in comm… Continue reading