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Hosted by LUF | Live UTI Free · health · EN-US · 36 episodes
Beyond the Symptoms is an interview series by Live UTI Free (LUF) that explores the science, solutions, and stories behind pelvic health, UTIs, and chronic urinary infections. Host Melissa Kramer engages in deep conversations with leading medical experts, researchers, and healthcare innovators who share breakthrough insights beyond conventional diagnoses and treatments. Each episode uncovers cutting-edge research on biofilms, embedded infections, antibiotic resistance, and innovative diagnostic approaches while examining how these conditions impact quality of life. Whether you're a patient navigating recurrent UTIs, interstitial cystitis, or chronic pelvic pain, a healthcare practitioner seeking evidence-based approaches, or a curious mind interested in women's health advocacy, this podcast provides actionable information about complex pelvic health conditions. Episodes feature world-renowned urologists, urogynecologists, researc
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Signup to Generate a PitchBeyond the Symptoms is an interview series by Live UTI Free (LUF) that explores the science, solutions, and stories behind pelvic health, UTIs, and chronic urinary infections. Host Melissa Kramer engages in deep conversations with leading medical experts, researchers, and healthcare innovators who share breakthrough insights beyond conventional diagnoses and treatments.
Beyond the Symptoms | An Expert Interview Series by LUF | Live UTI Free is hosted by LUF | Live UTI Free. The show has published 36 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "The Gut-Bladder-Vagina Connection: Diet and Biofilms for Chronic UTI | Kate Waters with Live UTI Free (LUF)" (25 August 2026, 68 minutes), "Catheter UTIs, Fibrinogen, and Bladder Cancer Risk | Dr. Ana Flores-Mireles with Live UTI Free" (10 August 2026, 56 minutes), and "Anti-Biofilm Therapy for Chronic UTI | Prof. Begoña Heras and Dr. Jason Paxman with Live UTI Free" (13 July 2026, 31 minutes).
Beyond the Symptoms | An Expert Interview Series by LUF | Live UTI Free publishes roughly monthly, with episodes averaging 53 minutes across 36 episodes.
Booking probability for Beyond the Symptoms | An Expert Interview Series by LUF | Live UTI Free is 29%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Beyond the Symptoms | An Expert Interview Series by LUF | Live UTI Free requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Beyond the Symptoms | An Expert Interview Series by LUF | Live UTI Free's contact route on record: public web form.
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Episode #35
The bladder doesn't work in isolation. In this episode of the Live UTI Free podcast, host Melissa Kramer, PhD, talks with Intimate Health Specialist and Nutritional Therapist Kate Waters about the gut-bladder-vagina...
Episode #34
Catheter-associated UTIs (CAUTIs) don't follow the same rules as uncomplicated UTIs, and most patients are never told why. In this episode, host Melissa Kramer, PhD, talks with microbiologist Dr. Ana Flores-Mireles of...
Episode #33
If you've been stuck in a cycle of recurrent UTIs that antibiotics can't seem to clear, this episode is for you. Melissa sits down with Professor Bogoña Heras and Dr. Jason Paxman, structural biologists from La Trobe...
Episode #32
Standard urine cultures have dominated UTI diagnosis for over 70 years, yet they were never designed for this purpose. In this episode, Melissa speaks with Dr. Malcolm Starkey, a scientist at Monash University who leads...
Episode #31
<p><b>A clinical trial that actually defines chronic UTI and tests a treatment protocol designed around it has been a long time coming. In this episode of the Live UTI Free podcast, host Melissa Kramer sits down with...
Episode #30
<p>What if your bladder isn’t working against you, but trying to tell you something? In this episode of the Live UTI Free podcast, host Melissa Kramer sits down with Julia Anditsch, founder of Die Blase (German for “The...
Episode #29
<p>If you’ve ever been told your urine test came back negative but you know something is wrong, this episode is for you.</p><p>Host Melissa Kramer speaks with Professor Jenny Roan, Head of the Centre for Urological...
Episode #28
<p>Can stress really trigger chronic UTI symptoms? In this episode of the Live UTI Free Podcast, host Melissa Kramer speaks with Dr. Aparna Taylor about the connection between stress, the nervous system, inflammation...
Episode #27
<p>Could hidden mold exposure or fungal overgrowth be aggravating your chronic UTI symptoms, even when standard urine cultures come back “negative”? In this episode of the Live UTI Free Podcast, host Melissa (CEO of...
Episode #26
<p><b>Join host Melissa from Live UTI Free as she speaks with Dr. Maria Uloko, a board-certified urologist and founder of VUVLAi. about how misdiagnosis and knowledge gaps in medicine are impacting people with chronic...
Episode #25
<p><b>In this episode of the Live UTI Free Podcast, host Melissa Kramer welcomes Dr. Henry Schreiber, instructor at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, to explore the fascinating link between our gut...
Episode #24
<p><b>Join host Melissa from Live UTI Free as she speaks with Dr. Indira Mysorekar, a pioneer in urinary tract infection research whose lab uncovered how Escherichia coli can hide in reservoirs within the bladder and...
Episode #23
<p><b>In this episode of the Live UTI Free Podcast, host Melissa Kramer talks with Professor Chris Harding, Consultant Urological Surgeon at Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Professor of Urology at...
Episode #22
<p><b>In this episode, host Melissa Kramer speaks with Amanda Burkardt and Dr. Mayukh Das from Phiogen, a biotechnology company developing bacteriophage (phage) therapeutics for recurrent urinary tract infections...
Episode #21
<p><b>In this episode of the </b><b>Live UTI Free Podcast</b><b>, Melissa speaks with Dr. Lindsay Burnett, a physician-scientist in urogynecology, about the complex relationship between pelvic floor disorders, the...
Episode #20
<p><b>In this episode of the LUF podcast, host Melissa Kramer sits down with Dr. Nick Parkinson, Scientific Director at the UK-based Systems Biology Laboratory. Driven by a personal experience with his young daughter’s...
Episode #19
<p><b>Guest host Jess Price, Patient Involvement Advisor at Live UTI Free, sits down with naturopathic doctor Carley Akehurst to unpack a powerful new resource for chronic UTI patients: the </b><b>My UTI History...
Episode #18
<p><b>Host Melissa Kramer interviews Dr. Nicholas Sanford, Vice President of Medical Affairs and Assistant Laboratory Director at </b><b>MicroGenDX</b><b>, to explore how advanced molecular testing is transforming the...
Beyond the Symptoms | An Expert Interview Series by LUF | Live UTI Free
<p><b>Host Melissa Kramer interviews UK-based nutritional therapist Beverley Sarstedt on the role of nutrition, gut health, and individualized care in the recovery from chronic and recurrent UTIs. Beverley shares her...
Episode #16
<p><b>In this eye-opening episode, host Melissa Kramer interviews Dr. Shaheen Khazali, a specialist who has performed over 4,000 endometriosis surgeries, on the complexities of endometriosis, especially when symptoms...
Recent guests on Beyond the Symptoms | An Expert Interview Series by LUF | Live UTI Free. Study who booked and why before you pitch.
doctorally prepared nurse practitioner, The Practice of Health and Wellness
board certified urologist, sexual health expert, founder and CEO, University of California, San Diego
doctor of clinical nutrition, licensed physical therapist, health coach, The Integrative Women’s Health Institute
University of Notre Dame
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