http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2005/02/19/antibiotics-utis.aspxStudies have shown women tend to get urinary tract infections (UTIs) more frequently than men. This is because the distance between the bowels to the urethra in women is shorter. Consequently, UTIs are the most common infectious disease in women: OneenCommunityServer 2008.5 SP1 (Build: 31106.3070)