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Fishy smell and vaginal pain? New study says your male partner may need treatment, too
"The addition of combined oral and topical antimicrobial therapy for male partners to the treatment of women for bacterial vaginosis resulted in a lower rate of recurrence of bacterial vaginosis ...
1 in 3 women get bacterial vaginosis. A new study says to treat their male sexual partners.
New research suggests that bacterial vaginosis can be sexually transmitted, meaning men can reinfect their female partners.
Dermatologists Use This 1 Trick To Help Figure Out What's Causing Your Acne
Dermatologists are here to help with that last issue. A key trick to finding the cause of acne, they said, is noting where ...
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Is Bacterial Vaginosis an STI? Researchers Say Yes—Here’s Why It Matters
Experts took the finding as evidence that BV is not an STI, but the studies had an important limitation: They only treated men with an oral antibiotic, not a topical ointment. “The body of evidence ...
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‘Stubborn, distressing’ infection affecting women is actually an STI
where they received both an oral antibiotic and a topical antibiotic cream for one week, or to a control group where no partner-treatment occurred. Couples only took antibiotics for one week but ...
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15 Causes of Scalp Pain
Treatment depends on the type of scalp infections. It can include cephalexin, taken orally, or the topical antibiotic cream Bactroban, along with a mild cortisone cream to help relieve symptoms. If ...