International Women’s Day: UTI testing ’50 years out of date’
A painful infection that mainly affects women is too often dismissed as “women’s problems”. One in every two women suffer a urinary tract infection (UTI) and they are the second
Tribute to Professor James Malone-Lee
Professor Malone-Lee passed away peacefully in his sleep after a short illness. His team will continue his work and research into diagnosis and treatment of chronic UTI and he
Health charities warn women with UTIs are “patronised” and “not believed”.
Health charities warn women with UTIs are “patronised” and “not believed” when seeking medical help as new research reveals “medical misogyny” Research by Garmin finds 40% of young women say
BBC Scotland news item about chronic UTI
‘The Nine’ Wednesday 10 November 2021. The programme interviewed women living with chronic UTI and raised the issues around ineffective testing and lack of treatment options. The urologist interviewed, from
Add your voice to Government consultation on Women’s Health Strategy
Today on International Women’s Day the UK Government have launched a consultation on a new Women’s Health Strategy. The Government want to hear from you about your experiences of the
Help get a key trial for chronic and recurrent UTI funded
We’re often asked how can I best help the campaign for better testing and treatment? This is how….. A multi-centre randomised control trial (RCT) is currently being planned in the
Help inform the development of a rapid test for complicated UTIs
Spare five minutes? The University of York are in the early stages of developing a rapid test for complicated UTIs – infections that don’t get better with standard antibiotics. They
Game changing book Cystitis Unmasked published 1 February
Written by Professor James Malone-Lee, Emeritus Professor of Medicine at University College London and a pioneer in this field. Cystitis Unmasked exposes the now outdated but still widely-held clinical assumptions
New cystitis research centre made possible by patient donation
Some good news for the end of the year. Thanks to a generous donation from a chronic UTI patient, a new research centre, the Centre for Cystitis Research (CCR), has