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2023 NEWS ARTICLES

Australian mum forced to fly 17,500km to treat common infection

By Raffaella Ciccarelli, 9News, Australia, April 2023

UTI sufferers still being denied treatment by GPs despite rules changing eight weeks ago

By Connie Dimsdale, inews, UK, April 2023

Women struggling with chronic UTIs in Ireland and devolved nations forced to travel miles for treatment

By Connie Dimsdale, inews, UK, April 2023

‘Nothing has worked’: Women feel ‘failed’ by UTI testing system

By Stacey Foster, itv News, UK, April 2023

Chronic UTI, the hidden health crisis ruining women’s lives and on Spotify

By Connie Dimsdale and Molly Blackall, iPodcast, UK, March 2023

UTIs: What are the burning issues?

By Dr Annie Joseph, British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (BSACP), republished February 2023

Chronic UTI sufferers face mental health crises after being ‘dismissed and gaslighted’ for years

By Connie Dimsdale, inews, UK, February 2023

Medical misogyny is failing women with chronic urinary tract infections

By Megan Warren-Lister, Open Democracy, UK, February 2023

Why aren’t there better treatments for cystitis?

By Christine Ro, BBC, UK, January 2023

Chronic UTI patients are waiting up to 12 years for a diagnosis, specialists warn

By Connie Dimsdale, inews, UK, January 2023

2022 NEWS ARTICLES

The UTI Documentary

By Rita Maria Conry, Agnes Arnold-Forster and Gemma Duncan, UTIdocumentary.com, UK, 2022

Chronic UTIs Plague Women Across The UK – Why Does No One Care?

By Agnes Arnold-Forster, Refinery29, UK, August 2022

Brisbane woman in extreme pain for six years as ‘common’ infection went undiagnosed

By Raffaella Ciccarelli, 9News, Australia, August 2022

Chronic UTI ‘game changer’ drug set to be made available on prescription across the NHS for the first time

By Connie Dimsdale, inews, UK, August 2022

Chronic UTI: Children stuck in cycles of infection for years as Nice guidelines still ignore testing failures

By Connie Dimsdale, inews, UK, August 2022

Chronic UTI patients ‘alienated’ and ‘despairing’ after condition is left out of Women’s Health Strategy

By Connie Dimsdale and Poppy Wood, inews, UK, July 2022

Chronic UTI infections: NHS finally recognises debilitating condition exists in online advice for patients

By Connie Dimsdale, inews, UK, March 2022

Health charities warn women with UTIs are being patronised and not believed when seeking medical help as new research reveals medical misogyny

By Amy Beecham, Stylist UK, February 2022

Dismissed, ignored and ridiculed: How doctors are letting women down when it comes to UTIs

By Hannah Fern, The Independent, United Kingdom, January 2022

2021-2020 NEWS ARTICLES

‘The treatment is failing people’: Campaigners call for better diagnosis of urinary tract infections

by Amrit Birdi, ITV News Central, United Kingdom, December 2021

Chronic UTI sufferer, 23, tells how 5-year battle to find treatment left her housebound and needing morphine

By Molly Blackall, ITV News Central, United Kingdom, October 2021

Chronic UTI crisis: Treatment and testing failures leave thousands of women with infections that last years

By Molly Blackall, Jasmine Anderrson, Hatty Collier, INews, United Kingdom, October 2021

How to cope if you keep getting UTIs: Women with chronic urinary tract infection share what they wish they’d known earlier on

By Nana Baah, Vice, London, September 2021

UTIs: What are the burning issues?

By Dr Annie Joseph, British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (BSACP), September 2021

My daughter was one of thousands of Australians let down by inadequate UTI testing

By Deirdre Pinto, The Guardian, Opinion, Australia, May 2021

Rapid Response: Re: Uncomplicated urinary tract infection in women

By Chronic UTI Australia, The BMJ, United Kingdom, April 2021

Rapid Response: Re: Uncomplicated urinary tract infection in women

By Emeritus Professor James Malone-Lee, The BMJ, United Kingdom, April 2021

Confronting the urinalysis tyrant
By Emeritus Professor James Malone-Lee, BJGP Life, March 2021

Why women’s agonising UTIs are still being misdiagnosed
By Lois Rogers, The Daily Mail, United Kingdom, January 2020

2019 NEWS ARTICLES

Burning Questions: UTIs are meant to be easy to treat. So they have they become a reoccurring nightmare for so many women?

By Penny Carroll, Australian Women’s Health Magazine, December 2019

Rise in persistent UTIs could be linked to antibiotics crackdown
By Hannah Devlin, The Guardian, United Kingdom, October 2019

The burning question: Why can’t doctors help end the misery of urine infections?

By Linda Geddes, The Daily Mail, United Kingdom, September 2019

Is it time to rethink midstream urine culture for UTI diagnosis?

By Dr Evelyn Lewin, NewsGP, Australia, June 2019

‘UTI tests could be missing a huge number of women with infections, experts say’

By Caroline Zielinkski, ABC News, Australia, June 2019

‘UTI Treatment is in Crisis: The way doctors treat urinary tract infections may be wrong, and antibiotic resistance is growing’

By Dana G Smith, Medium, United States, April 2019

‘Antibiotic resistance plan to fight urgent global threat’
BBC, United Kingdom, January 2019

2018 NEWS ARTICLES

‘UTI test often fails to detect infection, say researchers: Study suggests standard test, widely used since 1950s, does not work for chronic sufferers’
By Sarah Boseley – The Guardian, United Kingdom, December 2018

‘Why won’t my UTI go away? 4 things to know about chronic UTI’

By Suzannah Weiss – Bustle, United States, December 2018

‘Urinary tract infections: How they’re prevented, diagnosed and treated’
By Jo Khan – ABC, Australia, October 2018

‘In the name of science: Australian chronic UTI suffferer, Imelda Wilde talks about her experience’
By Maiken Scott and Jacqueline Sophia – The Pulse Podcast, WHYY, United States, October 2018
(Imelda’s commentary begins at 33:40)

‘New bladder microbiome discovery could change the way we treat UTIs’

By Olivia Willis – ABC, Australia, June 2018

‘Women’s urine is NOT sterile: Contrary to conventional belief, scientists have now discovered the bladder is filled with bacteria – both toxic and beneficial’

By Jack Flanagan – Mail Online, United Kingdom, June 2018

‘Bacteria have made a home in your bladder. What do they do?’
By Liam Mannix – Sydney Morning Herald, Australia, May 2018

‘Diagnosing UTIs is a dog’s breakfast, and that’s affecting women: an interview with Professor James Malone-Lee’
By Anna Maria Tremonti – The Current, CBC Radio One, Canada, April 2018

Rapid Response: ‘Urinary infections are complex and hard to treat’

By Chronic UTI Australia, The BMJ, United Kingdom, December 2017

2017 NEWS ARTICLES

‘Urinary infections are complex and hard to treat’
By Professor James Malone-Lee, published in the British Medical Journal, December 2017

‘New UTI test detects more bacteria than standard test’
Healio, United States, June 2017

‘Oh my UTI: Everything you need to know about Urinary Tract Infections and how to battle through’

By Suzanne Harrington – Independent, Ireland, May 2017

‘UTI test used by GPs gives wrong results in at least a fifth of cases, study claims’

By Hannah Devlin – The Guardian, United Kingdom, April 2017

‘Women are being denied antibiotics for cystitis because GPs are failing to spot a third of cases, study finds’

By Victoria Allen – Daily Mail, United Kingdom, April 2017

‘Everything you ever wanted to know about urinary tract infections’

By David Cox – The Guardian, United Kingdom, April 2017

2016 NEWS ARTICLES

‘GP guidance on UTI testing should undergo NICE review, says health minister’

By Caroline Price – Pulse, United Kingdom, November 2016

‘How to beat the misery of chronic cystitis: Thousands are left in constant agony as antibiotics fail to kill their infections’

By Jo Waters – Daily Mail, United Kingdom, November 2016

‘Snakes and bladders: how patients saved a pioneering medic cast down by NHS rules’

By Ysenda Maxtone Graham – The Spectator, United Kingdom, October 2016

‘Doctors dismiss and mistreat women suffering from life wrecking urinary tract infections, consultant says’

By Martyn Halle – Daily Mail, United Kingdom, August 2016

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‘Common test for bladder infections misses too many cases’

By Nancy Shute – NPR, United States, November 2013

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