MeSH tree: C12.100.250.894
Roughly one out of three women ages 14-49 in the United States develop a vaginal bacterial imbalance known as bacterial vaginosis (BV) during their lifetime. BV is characterized by unpleasant odors, and potentially painful ...
Mar 29, 2025
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A study reveals that bacterial vaginosis (BV), a condition affecting nearly a third of women worldwide and causing infertility, premature births and newborn deaths, is in fact a sexually transmitted infection (STI), paving ...
Mar 5, 2025
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Vaginas host a complex microcosm of bacteria and yeasts that can fluctuate over time. However, little is known about these microbial communities and their roles in a person's health, and nine out of 10 studies only include ...
Feb 6, 2025
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Step into any supermarket or pharmacy, and you'll find aisles brimming with products designed to make you smell "fresh," feel "clean," or somehow achieve a level of "purity" that no human body naturally possesses.
Jan 23, 2025
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Women who develop bacterial vaginosis (BV) often later acquire chlamydia, a common and potentially serious sexually transmitted bacterial infection. Now, researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Roswell Park Comprehensive ...
Jan 15, 2025
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A change in policy may be helping to drive a rise in treatment-resistant vaginal thrush, amid significant yearly increases in the prevalence of fungal infections caused by fungal Candida species, suggests the first study ...
Oct 8, 2024
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One in three adolescents who have visited a pediatric emergency department report difficulties in accessing menstruation products, according to research presented during the American Academy of Pediatrics 2024 National Conference ...
Sep 27, 2024
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A new study published in Microbiome by researchers at Karolinska Institutet, suggests that a few well-timed samples could help predict long-term imbalances in vaginal health, which is linked to various health issues.
Aug 27, 2024
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More than half of women globally experience bacterial vaginosis (BV)—an imbalance of naturally occurring microbes in the female genital tract—at least once in their life. The condition can cause painful symptoms and vaginal ...
Aug 19, 2024
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A first-of-its-kind study led by researchers from McMaster University investigated the impact of chronic schistosomiasis, a long-term parasitic bladder infection, on the outcomes of surgery for a common, severe, and preventable ...
Aug 8, 2024
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