S13 EP3: The Truth About UTIs
The Thick Thighs Save Lives Podcast
Constantly Varied Gear
4.9 • 724 Ratings
🗓️ 2 December 2025
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
What if one of the most common women’s health issues was also one of the most ignored? In this episode, Rachael sits down with Professor Jenny Rohn, a leader in UTI research and a full-blown warrior in the fight for women’s pain to finally be taken seriously. Together they unravel why UTIs remain stuck in the medical dark ages, why antibiotics still fail millions of women, and how outdated diagnostics keep so many sufferers dismissed and untreated. Jenny breaks down the real science behind recurrent infections, sneaky bacteria, and why women’s anatomy and hormones make the UTI landscape so wildly unfair. But this episode isn’t all doom. There’s hope yet! If you’ve ever had a UTI or know someone who has, you’ll want to listen.
Jenny’s links:
(00:01:06) Why every woman should be angry about this
(00:07:30) Why UTIs are far more common in women
(00:09:06) Genetics, triggers & why some women get recurring infections
(00:11:30) How bacteria hide, burrow, and bounce back
(00:16:10) Are we making things worse by using the same antibiotics multiple times a year?
(00:20:40) Hiprex, long-term treatments & what actually works
(00:23:37) Cranberry, D-mannose & prevention myths
(00:26:46) Vaccines on the horizon and promising studies
(00:28:37) Menopause, hormones & bladder health
(00:31:15) Triggers and what we should be doing as best practices
(00:38:47) Why tests come back negative when you KNOW it’s a UTI
(00:42:18) Real hope: vaccines, probiotics, phage therapy and advocacy
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| 0:21.3 | But yeah, aside from that, I don't know of any scientifically established triggers that there are, but I'm sure there are, and I'm sure every woman has their own. And they should listen to their, if they see those patterns, they should heed them. So, you know, you go into your doctor. You've got your symptoms and you don't let the doctor tell you, no, no, it's all in your head. You say, no, it's not in my head, you know, look, here's the policy of the government on this. You know, you need to pay attention to this now. This is really a thing. |
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| 1:10.3 | I'm Rachel. And today's guest is going to be talking about a very important topic. |
| 1:17.6 | You need to be listening. |
| 1:18.8 | We need to be angry. |
| 1:20.5 | I have Professor Jenny Rohn with me today, who is the head of the Urological Biology |
| 1:27.3 | Infection and Cancer Group in the head of the urological biology infection and cancer group in the department |
| 1:29.8 | of renal medicine at University College London. You are a leader in this field, and I just have to |
| 1:39.3 | say a personal thank you because there are not enough people doing enough, like, important work in |
| 1:47.4 | this field. So thank you so, so much for being here because this is really an important topic |
| 1:54.2 | that needs to be discussed. You're very welcome. It's really great to have anybody interested in it |
| 1:58.6 | because, as you say, it's quite neglected. |
| 2:10.8 | So interested. Her lab focuses mainly on understanding the science between urinary tract infections and the behavior of the bacteria, which is so interesting what you guys have done in your lab. And I'll let you |
| 2:20.7 | get into that later with like all of the advanced human tissue models and, and just, |
| 2:26.8 | it's really incredible science. But the first thing I want to talk to you about is I saw your |
| 2:32.9 | talk about why we should all be angry |
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