KEY POINTS A 65-year-old woman presented to the emergency department with an 8-day history of progressive leg weakness and ...

Contains Active Ingredient: Clotrimazole 1% EFFECTIVE TREATMENT and cures most athlete’s foot (tinea pedis), jock itch (tinea cruris), ringworm (tinea corporis). Also Effective in the Prevention ...

By Christl Dabu Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — A recent Canadian case of scurvy shows the disease is not just an archaic diagnosis of 18th-century seafarers. After a ...

Before she ended up in the hospital, the woman’s family doctor had prescribed topical antifungal treatment for the skin lesions, believing it was tinea cruris, also known as jock itch, ...

Fungal infections are evolving and becoming resistant to the medicines used to treat them, causing what some researchers are calling a "silent pandemic" that needs to be addressed urgently.

Insects have plenty to beware when it comes to carnivorous plants. Add an acid-loving fungus to that list of dangers. Sundew plants have tentacle-like leaves that curl around and entrap flies and ...

Playing a monotonous sound stimulates the activity of a fungus that promotes plant growth, according to a study released on Wednesday, raising the possibility that playing music could benefit ...

When the fungus has access to moisture and nutrients, it grows long, branching fungal chains throughout the soil. When the soil dries out, these chains fragment to form fungal spores, which can be ...

Life-threatening fungal infections are on the rise in the United States. Their growth has been described as "alarming" by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC,) with one ...