Call your doctor whenever you have symptoms of candidiasis, especially if you have a chronic illness or have weakened immune defenses caused by cancer, HIV or medications that suppress the immune system.
Typically, in otherwise healthy people with superficial candidiasis, a properly treated infection goes away without leaving permanent damage, and it is unlikely to return as long as the patient remains healthy and well nourished. In patients with chronic...
Read moreNews media sound bites were ricocheting around the Internet last week suggesting that perhaps type 2 diabetes is an intestinal disorder... Read more »
In a recent story that I wrote for this blog, Rat research and media hype,I pointed out that rat research can be overtaken by media hype.... Read more »
Wouldn't it be nice if we could all be cured of our diabetes. Of course it would. But except for treatments involving major surgery --... Read more »
My family and I just finished participating in local JDRF Walk To Cure Diabetes. As I walked, wearing our team's orange shirt that said:... Read more »
When we focus only on our longing for a diabetes cure, we get understandably impatient and discouraged. We need to balance that hope with a... Read more »
Curing Type 1 diabetes has been a primary goal for stem-cell research since the mid 1990s, but experts say scientists are still years away from... Read more »
Affecting an estimated 4 1/2 million people in the United States, Alzheimer's disease (AD) is expected to become a growing medical, social, and... Read more »
Swimming has long been touted as good exercise for asthmatics, but a new study suggests swimming indoors may do more harm than good. Australian... Read more »
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Cutaneous candidiasis is infection of the skin with candida fungus. Alternative Names Skin infection - fungal; Fungal infection -... Read more »
Surgery and medication are viable options for long-term acid reflux sufferers, but experts say neither treatment is perfect. In a 12-year study,... Read more »