News tagged with yeast infection

Canada, Uganda test drug to treat brain disease

Canada is funding testing in Uganda of a popular off-patent antidepressant drug to fight a fungal brain disease that claims more than half a million lives in sub-Saharan Africa every year.

Medications May 01, 2013 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0

Bacteria may contribute to premature births, STDs

(Medical Xpress)—New research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis points to a common species of bacteria as an important contributor to bacterial vaginosis, a condition linked to preterm ...

Medical research Apr 23, 2013 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0 |

Declaring a truce with our microbiological frienemies

Managing bacteria and other microorganisms in the body, rather than just fighting them, may be lead to better health and a stronger immune system, according to a Penn State biologist.

Medical research Mar 27, 2013 | not rated yet | 0

Surprise HIV diagnosis becomes life-changing moment

(HealthDay)—It was 1995, and 36-year-old Maria Davis had it all: a successful career as a music promoter and a model, two kids, and a man she loved so much she was going to move thousands of miles to be ...

HIV & AIDS Nov 30, 2012 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0

Chronic vulvar pain a reality for more than 100,000 women in southeast Michigan

For more than 100,000 area women, chronic vulvar pain (pain at the opening to the vagina) is so severe it makes intercourse, and sometimes sitting for long periods of time, painful, if not impossible.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Sep 14, 2011 | 5 / 5 (2) | 4

Combating fungal diseases

(Medical Xpress) -- Scientists at the Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research have discovered a potential new approach for inhibiting the growth of pathogenic fungi. Their findings on the mechanism ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Aug 30, 2011 | not rated yet | 0

Baker's yeast protects against fatal infections

Injecting mice with simple baker's yeast protects against the fatal fungal infection, aspergillosis, according to research published in the Journal of Medical Microbiology. The work could lead to the development of a huma ...

Medical research Aug 10, 2011 | 3.7 / 5 (3) | 0

Skin sentry cells promote distinct immune responses

A new study reveals that just as different soldiers in the field have different jobs, subsets of a type of immune cell that polices the barriers of the body can promote unique and opposite immune responses against the same ...

Medical research Jul 21, 2011 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0 |