For some women, bacterial vaginosis, or BV, is such a common occurrence that they find themselves regularly dealing with the ...

Medically reviewed by Renita White, MD Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) treatment depends on the type of infection.

For years, bacterial vaginosis has been treated as a simple imbalance in the vaginal microbiome, but a groundbreaking study ...

Bacterial vaginosis, which affects nearly 1 in 3 women, should be considered a sexually transmitted disease, according to a ...

A common vaginal infection affecting nearly one in three reproductive-aged women worldwide should be reclassified as a ...

Kelly had a "concern about chlamydia," McGrath wrote in notes from ... and saw that Kelly was responding well to Valtrex, a drug used to treat the virus. "Over time, the patient had complaints ...

Health experts say an Australian study linking sexual activity to an infection that 1 in 3 U.S. women contract has provided a ...

Chlamydia doesn’t always show symptoms so transmission can occur quickly and unnoticed. It can affect fertility if it goes untreated. Antibiotic treatment is a simple process and highly effective.

New research published in The New England Journal of Medicine reveals bacterial vaginosis is a sexually transmitted disease, advocating for joint treatment of both male and female partners to ...

Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), also known as sexually transmitted infections (STIs) or venereal diseases, are infections spread primarily through ...