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The End of the Routine Urinalysis?

Your recent ‘Ask the Experts’ article about using urinalysis to diagnose urinary tract infections made me realize that my doctor no longer includes a routine urinalysis in my annual checkup. Why is that?

You’re right that routine urinalysis has become less common. Studies hav...

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