Successful management of denture-associated candidiasis relies heavily on mechanical disinfection rather than pharmacologic ...

As city dwellers may know, escaping to the beach can provide a much-needed change of scenery or a mental reset. Historically, some doctors even prescribed trips to the sea to treat diseases. And now, ...

(NEXSTAR) – Health experts have been sounding the alarm for years on Candida auris, a drug-resistant fungus that’s hard to diagnose, hard to eliminate and hard to treat once it takes hold. The deadly ...

About 80% of people have the fungus Candida albicans in their gut. Although most of the time it persists unnoticed for years, causing no health problems, C. albicans can turn into a dangerous microbe ...

(NEXSTAR) – The deadly and drug-resistant fungus Candida auris is under close surveillance as health experts work to calm its spread. Candida auris, also called C. auris, was first identified in the U ...

Alarm has been raised about a dangerous fungus called Candida auris, which has previously been classified as an "urgent antimicrobial resistance (AR) threat" by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control ...

An estimated 1.5 million deaths worldwide are attributed to invasive fungal diseases annually. 5 Of these, hospital-acquired infections—most frequently caused by species of Candida—account for around ...

On TikTok, women are changing their diets to resolve candida overgrowth, all with varying strictness and habits, with three nutritionists explaining to Newsweek how to effectively tackle candida with ...

Candida albicans is a type of yeast that naturally lives in the mouth, digestive tract, skin, and other moist areas of the body. It’s harmless when kept in check by the immune system, but when it ...

Fungi are an indispensable part of your microbiome, keeping the body’s host of microorganisms healthy as part of a system of checks and balances. But when you’re hit by an infection, fungi can be ...

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 ...