A life-threatening mold infection known as health care-associated Fusarium solani meningitis can be associated with a delayed, but devastating, injury to the brainstem and its blood supply among those infected, according ...
Feb 8, 2024
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If you're among the millions of women who experience a vaginal yeast infection each year, you know that fast relief is a top priority.
Jun 12, 2023
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The yeast Candida albicans can cause itchy, painful urinary tract and vaginal yeast infections. For women in low-resource settings who lack access to healthcare facilities, these infections create substantial social and economic ...
May 19, 2021
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A new study published in the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology provides insights on how common hospitalized patients develop liver injury from taking different medications.
May 5, 2021
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Eating is a dangerous business. Naturally occurring toxins in food and potentially harmful foodborne microbes can do a number on our intestines, leading to repeated minor injuries. In healthy people, such damage typically ...
Mar 11, 2021
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Antifungal preventive medications reduce mortality risk by half in the first year following lung transplantation, according to Mayo Clinic research involving 667 patients who received lung transplants from 2005 to 2018.
Sep 23, 2020
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In the June 11 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, a team of UCLA physicians and scientists describes the first case of immune modulation being used to cure a severe and often fatal fungal infection. The team "retuned" ...
Jun 11, 2020
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For the last decade, medical experts have known that voriconazole, an effective antifungal medication used to prevent dangerous infections in patients with compromised immune systems, was linked to the development of particularly ...
Nov 5, 2019
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(HealthDay)—The United States has had more than 600 cases of infection with a type of fungus called a "serious global health threat" by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Apr 12, 2019
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Nearly two-thirds of the U.S. denture-wearing population suffer frequent fungal infections that cause inflammation, redness and swelling in the mouth.
Apr 25, 2018
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