By Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times

There’s been a long-standing belief that urinary tract infections are largely caused by poor personal hygiene. New research, however, suggests that many cases may actually be caused by infections of E. coli bacteria from contaminated meat purchased in grocery stores.

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UTIs are common — globally there are 400 million cases a year — and can occur when bacteria enter the urethra and i

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