News tagged with bacterial vaginosis
Bacterial vaginosis treatments: Probiotics can increase effectiveness of some antibiotic therapies
Jul 08, 2009 |
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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 ...
Low levels of vitamin D linked to common vaginal infection in pregnant women
May 22, 2009 |
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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 ...
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Common vaginal infection may increase risk of HIV infection
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Jul 31, 2008 |
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A common vaginal infection may make women more susceptible to contracting HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Public Health researchers have found.
Vitamin D insufficiency linked to bacterial vaginosis in pregnant women
May 14, 2009 |
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Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is the most common vaginal infection in US women of childbearing age, and is common in pregnant women. BV occurs when the normal balance of bacteria in the vagina is disrupted and replaced by an overgrowth ...
New research shows vaginal bacteria vary among healthy women, need customized treatment
Jul 11, 2007 |
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Silence may impact women’s health since few women or their doctors are comfortable talking about vaginal health openly. This hesitation, combined with a limited understanding of the differences between women, can lead to ...
Researchers Clone and Engineer Bacterial Genomes in Yeast and Transplant Genomes Back into Bacterial Cells
Aug 24, 2009 |
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Researchers at the J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI), a not-for-profit genomic research organization, published results today describing new methods in which the entire bacterial genome from Mycoplasma mycoides was cloned ...
How manuka honey helps fight infection
Sep 07, 2009 |
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Manuka honey may kill bacteria by destroying key bacterial proteins. Dr Rowena Jenkins and colleagues from the University of Wales Institute - Cardiff investigated the mechanisms of manuka honey action and found that its ...
Double hand transplant patient out of hospital
Oct 01, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The mother of the nation's first double hand transplant patient says he's out of the hospital and looking forward to returning to his wife and daughter in Georgia.
Researchers Establish Common Seasonal Patterns Among Bacterial Communities in Arctic Rivers
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 24, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- New research on bacterial communities throughout six large Arctic river ecosystems reveals predictable temporal patterns, suggesting that scientists could use these communities as markers ...
Beans' defenses mean bacteria get evolutionary helping hand
Sep 10, 2009 |
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Bean plants' natural defences against bacterial infections could be unwittingly driving the evolution of more highly pathogenic bacteria, according to new research published today in Current Biology.
Infections linked to premature births more common than thought
Aug 26, 2008 |
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Previously unrecognized and unidentified infections of amniotic fluid may be a significant cause of premature birth, according to researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine.
Researchers discover RNA repair system in bacteria
Oct 12, 2009 |
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In new papers appearing this month in Science and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, University of Illinois biochemistry professor Raven H. Huang and his colleagues describe the first RNA repair system to be ...
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