Scientists have learned that particles from car tires are a leading culprit in salmon declines in the Pacific Northwest—and ...

For instance, there are times when your urine might contain white particles. In some cases, you might even notice it looks as ...

In one study comparing urine dipstick to microscopy performed by a nephrologist in the detection of white blood cells (WBCs ... collection in nonpregnant women does not decrease contamination ...

When my friend Lynn was instructed to produce a 24-hour urine collection for analysis ... So we did what many rural women do when they really, really need to pee: She crossed her legs and I ...

People are most often assigned male or female at birth based on their external anatomy ... UTIs occur when bacteria enter the body via the urethra (the tube through which urine leaves your body) and ...

Two-thirds of them still had anorectal pain and genital issues at their follow-up, 3–20 weeks after healing, besides persistent fatigability, which was also seen in other infectious diseases such as ...

Zinc is a bluish-white, lustrous metal. It is brittle at ambient temperatures ... The recommended dietary allowance (RDA) for zinc is 15 milligrams a day for men, 12 milligrams a day for women, 10 ...

For the first time, a female Army Ranger, 1st Lt. Gabrielle White, participated in the Best Ranger Competition, finishing 14th overall with her teammate, Capt. Seth Deltenre. Out of 52 teams ...

Female friendship has been in the news lately, with "friendship" Barbies just announced by Mattel, as well as a few different takes on the messiness of friendship in HBO's The White Lotus ...

White and Deltenre are based at the Army Center of Excellence at Fort Benning, Georgia. Female soldiers were not allowed to be Army Rangers until 2015, when the Army opened Ranger school to women.

Microplastics and the much smaller nanoplastics enter the human body in various ways, for example through food or the air we breathe. A large proportion is excreted, but a certain amount remains in ...