News tagged with bacterial vaginosis
Intravaginal practices are associated with acquiring HIV infection
Although there is no evidence to suggest a direct causal pathway, some intravaginal practices used by women in sub-Saharan Africa (such as washing the vagina with soap) may increase the acquisition of HIV infection and so ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Feb 15, 2011 |
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Microbiomes may hold key to better understanding of preterm birth
A team of scientists from Mayo Clinic, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and the J. Craig Venter Institute are leveraging a long-standing research relationship to apply results from the Human Microbiome Project ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Sep 28, 2010 |
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Bacterial vaginosis treatments: Probiotics can increase effectiveness of some antibiotic therapies
Antimicrobial treatments for bacterial vaginosis (BV) are effective, but taking lactobacillus tablets alongside metronidazole antibiotic therapy increases effectiveness over taking this antibiotic alone, according to a Cochrane ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jul 08, 2009 |
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Low levels of vitamin D linked to common vaginal infection in pregnant women
Pregnant women with low levels of vitamin D may be more likely to suffer from bacterial vaginosis (BV) - a common vaginal infection that increases a woman's risk for preterm delivery, according to a University of Pittsburgh ...
May 22, 2009 |
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