The bacteria and fungi living on your skin play a surprising role in keeping us healthy. Is it possible to give them a boost?
New research suggests that bacterial vaginosis can be sexually transmitted, meaning men can reinfect their female partners.
Dermatologists are here to help with that last issue. A key trick to finding the cause of acne, they said, is noting where ...
J. Desiree Douglas, MPA, PA-C, is a Physician Assistant and Co-Director, Occupational and Allergic Contact Dermatitis Clinic, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA. Comments and ...
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 ...
March 12 (UPI) --Health experts say an Australian study linking sexual activity to an infection that 1 in 3 U.S. women contract has provided a new tool to prevent recurrences, as well as find a cure.
In one group, both partners were treated with oral antibiotics, while men also applied a topical antibiotic to their penis twice daily. In the other group, only the women were treated. The results ...
“We believed it was important to try and target the bacteria on the penile skin with a topical antibiotic cream as well as inside the urethra with an oral antibiotic,” Bradshaw explained.