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After the flu and common cold, urinary tract infections (UTIs) are the most common medical complaint among women in their reproductive years. Women are 30 times more likely to have UTIs than men. Every year, 11% of American women have at least one such infection, and up to 60% of all women will develop a UTI at some time in their lives. A third of these women will have a recurrence within a year. Furthermore, each year about 250,000 women develop kidney infections (pyelonephritis) an...
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