The Most Common Causes of Yeast Infections - Yeast Infection Prevention

For many adults, the most common cause of yeast infections is based around the staggering amount of bacteria that reside within each of us. In fact, most adults have as much as 4 pounds of bacteria inside them which helps keep the amount of yeast inside each of us under control. When this balance of power gets out of synchronization or is altered it allows the yeast to spread and morph into a yeast infection or become fungal in nature resulting in a mold known as candida which can all cause a variety of diseases and a myriad of other unhealthy side effects.

Acusphere Announces Data Demonstrating Imagify™ Perfusion Stress Echo Predicts Presence Of Coronary Artery Disease

Acusphere, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACUS) announced that additional analyses from its Phase 3 clinical trials of Imagify™ (Perflubutane Polymer Microspheres) for Injectable Suspension were presented today at the annual American Heart Association Scientific Sessions in New Orleans, Louisiana. Read more ...

A recent study of Transthyretin Amyloid Cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM) has enabled a new understanding of the rare and fatal disease. The study explored the diagnosis, progression and mortality of the disease, and resulted in new insight into measures of disease progression as well as potential predictors of survival. Read more ...

The Detroit News on Monday examined findings from recent studies that show that more minorities are being diagnosed with kidney disease and at younger ages. According to the News, a study published in the April issue of the American Journal of Kidney Disease found that nearly half of blacks have at least one risk factor for kidney disease -- such as diabetes, a family history of chronic kidney disease or high blood pressure -- but fewer than 3% of them believe that kidney disease is a "top health concern."

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Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALNY), a leading RNAi therapeutics company, and Cenix BioScience GmbH, a leading RNAi-focused contract research organization, today announced the publication of a new study in the journal PLoS Pathogens demonstrating in vitro and in vivo RNAi-mediated silencing of novel host factors involved in malaria infection. The work resulted from an ongoing malaria research program started as a collaboration announced in 2005 between the group of Dr. Read more ...

Malawi plans to expand its national HIV testing campaign to include the country's prison system following several reports that more HIV-positive inmates are dying compared with HIV-negative inmates, the Nyasa Times reports.

The announcement was made by Mary Shawa, principal secretary for nutrition and HIV/AIDS in the Office of the President and Cabinet, who also said that district health centers and prisons have been linked so that HIV/AIDS treatment can be accessed by inmates who test positive for the virus.

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Musgrove Park Hospital in Taunton has put restrictions in place on some wards to manage an outbreak of viral gastroenteritis (norovirus). As at Wednesday 12th November three wards are closed to new admissions: Eliot, Fielding and Ward 5. Norovirus exists in the community and although not usually serious is very infectious. It is estimated that between 600,000 and 1 million people in the UK are affected each year. Read more ...

Gender matching between donors and recipients is important to short- and long-term survival in heart transplantation, according to a retrospective study presented at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2008. "Heart size would seem to be the most obvious factor; beyond that, no one knows why sex matching is important to transplant survival," said Eric Weiss, M.D. Read more ...

Recent tests on human cells show that SCN's patented substance NGNA/N5G has good antiviral effect on several viruses that affect humans, especially the rhinovirus, which is the most common cause for cold symptoms. The substance also has a strong protective effect against severe complications from the influenza virus. Read more ...