Thrush

Diagnosis of Candidiasis (Thrush)

Candidiasis is more often than not diagnosed on the basis of clinical findings. Symptoms of the condition especially for oral and vaginal thrush may be diagnostic.

Causes of Candidiasis (Thrush)

Symptoms of Candidiasis (Thrush)

Treatment of Candidiasis (Thrush)

Causes and Symptoms of Oral Thrush

Breastfeeding and Oral Thrush in Babies

Treating and Preventing Oral Thrush

Latest Thrush News and Research

Policy change linked to rise in treatment-resistant vaginal thrush

A change in policy may be helping to drive a rise in treatment-resistant vaginal thrush, amid significant yearly increases in the prevalence of fungal infections caused by fungal Candida species, suggests the first study of its kind, published online in the journal Sexually Transmitted Infections.

8 Oct 2024

New research may pave the way for treatment of vaginal yeast infections

New research could one day pave the way for the treatment of vaginal yeast infections, by shedding new light on how microbes in the body absorb zinc.

6 Dec 2023

Study: 60% of UK adults struggle to talk about health concerns with their doctors

Leading telehealth provider, Asda Online Doctor, conducted a nationwide survey to gauge public perceptions and usage of AI in relation to medical issues. The results revealed a concerning trend, with a staggering 60% of respondents admitting that they struggle to talk about their health concerns with doctors, and more than half do not turn to a doctor first when seeking medical advice.

9 Oct 2023

Maintaining the health of the gut microbiome by a new peptide

Peptide YY (PYY), a hormone produced by gut endocrine cells that was already known to control appetite, also plays an important role in maintaining the balance of fungi in the digestive system of mammals, according to new research from the University of Chicago.

4 Aug 2023

Fungal involvement in tumors may drive worse cancer outcomes

The presence of some fungal species in tumors predicts-;and may even help drive-;worse cancer outcomes, according to a study from Weill Cornell Medicine and Duke University researchers.

3 Oct 2022

Researchers describe case report of male monkeypox patient

In a new case study, researchers described the case of a male patient with monkeypox.

10 Aug 2022

Novel age predictor helps investigate heterogeneity in brain aging

A new research paper was published in Aging (abbreviated as "Aging (Albany NY)" by Medline/PubMed and as "Aging-US" by Web of Science) on the cover of Volume 14, Issue 14, entitled, "Aging the brain: multi-region methylation principal component based clock in the context of Alzheimer's disease."

3 Aug 2022

Study uncovers a new defense mechanism used by the immune system to combat Candida infections

Of all the fungi that live in the human body, the most infamous is probably the yeast Candida. This distant cousin of baker's yeast is notorious for causing various types of thrush that can be a major nuisance, but it can also lead to an invasive infection that may, on occasion, prove fatal.

13 Jul 2022

MIT researchers identify components of mucus that can inhibit fungal infections

Candida albicans is a yeast that often lives in the human digestive tract and mouth, as well as urinary and reproductive organs.

6 Jun 2022

The zoonotic potential of epidemic porcine deltacoronavirus

The present state of knowledge about the genesis, evolution, cross-species transmission, and zoonotic potential of PDCoV is the subject of a review published in the journal Pathogens, which was conducted in a combined effort by researchers from Heilongjiang Bayi Agricultural University and Ohio State University.

13 Jan 2022

Internal tremors and vibrations symptoms among people with long-COVID

In a recent study, researchers aimed to identify a potentially important cluster of similar patient-reported symptoms from PASC-affected individuals.

8 Dec 2021

Researchers identify compounds that tackle fungal infections in a new way

Current medications aren't particularly effective against fungi. The situation is becoming more challenging because these organisms are developing resistance to antimicrobial treatments, just as bacteria are.

17 Nov 2021

Drug improved cardiac structure and function in patients with early-stage hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Valsartan, an angiotensin II receptor blocker drug, delayed disease progression and improved cardiac structure and function in patients with early-stage hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, according to results from a recent clinical trial published in Nature Medicine.

16 Nov 2021

Researchers show how to personalize treatments for patients with COPD

Patients with COPD are treated with drugs to improve the breathing ability in combination with inhaled corticosteroids to reduce the risk of acute worsening of the lung conditions.

26 Aug 2021

Over-the-counter fungicide holds potential to disrupt steroid hormone levels

The active ingredient in medicines commonly used to treat yeast infections has the potential to disrupt steroid hormone levels, according to a study from the National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark.

16 Jun 2021

Unique fungal environment in the lungs

The lungs were for a long time considered to be sterile in health, while in diseases like chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) failure in immune mechanisms were thought to allow microorganisms to proliferate and persist.

7 Apr 2021

ERC Synergy project explores causes of drug tolerance in intractable fungal infections

Over the next six years, research groups at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin and Tel Aviv University will study how invasive fungal pathogens are able to evade treatments and develop tolerance to antifungal drugs.

10 Nov 2020

Millions of people have prediabetes – could you?

High blood sugar can cause serious complications if it is not appropriately controlled. Type 2 diabetes is a chronic disease that occurs when blood glucose is too high due to the body’s inability to make enough insulin.

25 Feb 2020

NIH awards new contract to integrate pathogen and vector genomics database

A team led by scientists at the University of Pennsylvania and University of Georgia provides thousands of researchers around the world with access to the Eukaryotic Pathogen Genomics Database (EuPathDB.org), a collection of resources for analyzing large-scale datasets associated with microbial pathogens.

16 Oct 2019

Researchers create new material with antifungal and antitumor properties

A new material with antifungal and antitumor properties has been developed by researchers at the Center for Development of Functional Materials (CDMF), one of the Research, Innovation and Dissemination Centers (RIDCs) supported by São Paulo Research Foundation - FAPESP.

3 Oct 2019