Yeast infections can be highly uncomfortable, and seeking medical treatment for them isn’t always the most convenient option. Fortunately, there are a variety of over-the-counter, self-administered ...

Invasive Candida infections remain an important cause of morbidity and mortality, especially in hospitalized and immunocompromised or critically ill patients. A limited number of antifungal agents ...

Raise your hand if you've had a yeast infection. Okay, so most of us. Raise your hand if you've wondered (silently or aloud) whether you could have sex after yeast infection treatment. Come on, it can ...

About 3 out of 4 women will experience at least one yeast infection during their lifetimes. While it's not a life-threatening problem, it's certainly an uncomfortable one. And repeat infections can be ...

For over a decade, countless patients with extensive, chronic gastrointestinal complaints have found their way to my clinical nutrition practice believing that “systemic candida” — or, a pervasive ...

This informational guide, part of POPSUGAR's Condition Center, lays out the realities of this health concern: what it is, what it can look like, and strategies that medical experts say are proven to ...

Candida is a yeast, which is a type of fungus. Most people have Candida on their skin and in their mouths, throats, genital areas, and intestines. Usually, these small organisms are not harmful. An ...

STANFORD — For millenniums, humans have harnessed yeast to brew beer. Now, in the latest advance in the fast-moving field of “synthetic biology,” a Stanford team is enlisting the lowly fungus to do so ...

Bioengineers have figured out a way to make noscapine, a non-narcotic cough suppressant that occurs naturally in opium poppies, in brewer's yeast. Stanford University bioengineers have figured out a ...

Which yeast infection treatments are best? If you have any vaginal itching, burning with urination, thick, white vaginal discharge or redness around the vagina, you might have a vaginal yeast ...