Contrary to common beliefs, your urine is not germ-free. In fact, a new study shows that the urethra of healthy men is teeming with microbial life and that a specific activity—vaginal sex—can shape ...

In a recent study published in Cell Reports Medicine journal, researchers in the United States (US) used a shotgun metagenomic approach to characterize urethral microbiomes of specimens from healthy ...

Indications : N. gonorrhoeae is usually detected by growing them in cultures. In some instances, a smear is ordered to detect the presence of the causative bacteria. A sample is collected from the ...

Technology has done away with the need to insert swabs into the male urethra and speculums into the vagina. Instead, blood and urine are tested. In Tune/Shutterstock Sexuality is a means of pleasure, ...