For a bodily function that you've been doing since you were in utero pee can sometimes be surprising. Urinating can be unexpectedly painful, your pee can smell weird, and in some cases, your urine can ...

Urine is not just excess excess water and by products excreting your body through the kidneys, it also holds the key to your health. The analysis of urine provides doctors with information that ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - When a dipstick test suggests there's blood in the urine, the next step should be to examine a sample of the urine under a microscope to make sure the dipstick result is ...

Many of us remember the guideline to drink a total of eight full glasses of eight ounces of water each day, but how can we be sure this is always enough and how do we know when we are in danger? The ...

As the Sacramento area bakes in a near weeklong heat wave, there’s a way to know if you are drinking enough water: Check your urine color. That’s the word from the Sacramento County Office of ...

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Small amounts of protein can appear in your urine and be OK. Above a certain level, however, may indicate proteinuria, which can be a red flag for kidney disease. Proteins are among the most important ...