Dr Lindsey Zubritsky often takes to social media to share her skincare tips, tricks, and hacks - but this time, she issued a ...

The global tinea pedis treatment market is on track for substantial growth, with projections indicating a rise from USD 1,496.3 million in 2024 to USD 2,484 million by 2034. This growth represents a ...

Our hot and humid climate, along with tight clothes and walking barefooted on dubious floors, creates the perfect breeding ...

Pathogenic Mucorales fungi are common in immunocompromised. Here, Cheng et al. determine the molecular architecture of their chitin/chitosan-rich cell walls and the restructuring that occurs in ...

Use sunscreento reduce your risk of sun damage and skin cancer. Tinea versicolor is a common fungal skin infection that causes small, discolored scaly patches. These patches are caused by the ...

Fungus gnats are small black flies, also known as sciarid flies, mushroom flies and mycetophilids. They are a very common pest, especially when plants are grown in pots of soil-free compost. In fact, ...

Athlete’s foot, also known as tinea pedis, is a highly contagious fungal infection that can be spread by direct contact with someone who has the fungus or indirectly through contact with contaminated ...

A warm foot soak may help soothe toenail fungus symptoms. Here's how to make a soak with vinegar or baking soda, what to expect, and over-the-counter foot soak options (like tea tree oil) to try at ...

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 ...

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.

Fungal Infections Silent Pandemic: While antibiotic resistance mostly concerns bacteria, a recent Lancet study urges focusing on fungal infections, which could become a ‘silent pandemic’. In the ...

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 ...