A sore throat, loss of taste, and a burning tongue are telltale signs something is wrong. But the culprit might surprise you. These symptoms can be caused by candidiasis of the mouth—also known as ...

Q: I keep getting a thrush infection in my mouth and it isn’t going away with Mycelex Troches. I also have MS. Is there something else I should try? A: Thrush is a fungal infection in the mouth that ...

Antibiotics: People who are on antibiotics have a higher risk of developing oral thrush. Antibiotics may destroy the bacteria that prevent the Candida from growing out of control.

Unfortunately, nearly every woman is familiar with yeast infections, including the telltale itching and dread that goes along with them. What you may not know is that don't just occur below the ...

Most healthy people have small amounts of the fungus Candida albicans in their mouth, in their digestive tract and on their skin. Ordinarily, the fungus causes no problems because its growth is kept ...

UB dental researchers will borrow a famous strategy from Greek warfare — the Trojan horse — to fight a fungus that exists in the mouths and skin of nearly half of the world’s population. Oral thrush, ...

Fungal infections kill around the same number of people each year as tuberculosis. They mostly take hold in people who are vulnerable because they have a defective immune system caused by an ...