Conventional medicines have been used to treat ringworm of the scalp. However, over time, the efficacy of these medicines has proven to be ineffective or have severe side effects. Now, researchers ...

Cutaneous fungal infections that generally require systemic antifungal therapy include tinea capitis and onychomycosis. Tinea capitis, which is most often caused by Trichophyton tonsurans ...

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No randomized clinical trials were found. Seven reports described the antifungal effect of PDT against 63 superficial mycoses patients. Eight of 10 (80%) tinea cruris patients and 6 of 10 (60%) tinea ...

By far, the most germ-rich areas in any gym are places that are warm and wet – such as saunas, showers, swimming pools or hot ...

Medically reviewed by Sarah Richards, DPM The feet have more sweat glands per inch than any other body part, producing sweat ...

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It wasn’t quite raining cats and dogs at the Dane County Humane Society on Monday, but it came close. Shelter volunteers ...

Prescriptions for a range of ‘over the counter’ remedies are no longer available on the NHS after a crackdown in recent years ...

Hypertension patients can get significant health benefits as consuming Tulsi leaves benefits a person by lowering high blood pressure and cholesterol level. The polluted environment takes a toll on ...

Tinea infections are quite common in the general population as well, but in homeless people they often represent a portal of entry for fungal and bacterial pathogens that, in the setting of ...