This informational guide, part of PS's Condition Center, lays out the realities of this health concern: what it is, what it can look like, and strategies that medical experts say are proven to help. You should always consult your doctor regarding matters pertaining to your health and before starting any course of medical treatment.

What Is Bacterial Vaginosis, Exactly?

Typically, vaginal discharge is a clear to white color. So it's understandable that you might be a little thrown off if you suddenly notice you're dealing with yellow discharge. But yellowish discharge is not necessarily the cause for immediate concern, doctors say. When asked what yellow discharge means, Meleen Chuang,...

What Does Yellow Discharge Mean? 2 Ob-Gyns Explain.

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More than half of states are now seeing "high" or "very high" levels of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, in their wastewater testing, according to figures published Friday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as this summer's COVID wave reaches a growing share of the country.Nationwide, the CDC now says that the overall level of SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater is "high" for the first time since this past winter. Levels remain "high" across western states, where trends first began to worsen last month, while other regions are now seeing steeper increases at or near "high" levels.Friday's update is...

Map shows states where COVID levels are "high" or "very high" this summer

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Supplements are often taken to improve health and fill nutritional gaps, but not all are as beneficial as they seem. Some supplements, particularly when taken in excess or without proper guidance, can have unintended negative effects. For example, certain supplements can unknowingly contribute to high blood pressure and increase the risk of cardiovascular events.

4 Worst Supplements That Could Actually Lead To High Blood Pressure And Cardiovascular Events: Licorice Root & More

A recent study has revealed that many tampons contain high levels of toxic metals, such as lead, arsenic, and cadmium, which can be quickly absorbed through vaginal tissue, posing various health concerns that may result from systemic exposure. In a report published in the August 2024 edition of the scientific...

Researchers Found Elevated Levels of Lead, Arsenic and Other Toxic Metals in Tampons: Study

A multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial done performed in the the United Kingdom June 2014 to October 2017), enrolled 207 adult patients with symptomatic, radiographic KOA and knee pain (severity ≥4 out of 10) on most days in the past 3 months, after an inadequate response to analgesic medications.

Pain Reduction with Methotrexate in Knee Osteoarthritis

Among patients with fibromyalgia, there was a moderate negative correlation between vitamin D and physical functioning as well as between magnesium and stiffness. An exploratory study evaluating the link between specific micronutrients and the symptoms of fibromyalgia revealed vitamin D and magnesium played a role in physical function and stiffness among patients.1.

Vitamin D, Magnesium Deficiency Linked to Worse Fibromyalgia Symptoms

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 Vice President Kamala Harris pushed back against pro-Palestine protesters in Detroit, her first major hurdle amid an otherwise positive rollout of her presidential campaign. Harris was visiting Detroit as part of a tour with her newly-minted running mate Tim Walz. The two had held a large and raucous outdoor rally in Eau Claire, Wisconsin earlier in the day.But Michigan, which has a large Arab-American population located in Dearborn outside of Detroit, has long been a hotbed of criticism for the Biden administration’s support for Israel in its war against Gaza.  Earlier this year, roughly 13 percent of the...

Kamala Harris slams protesters disrupting Detroit rally: ‘If you want Donald Trump to win, then say that’

High blood calcium levels, or hypercalcemia, may in rare cases be a symptom of sarcoidosis, according to a case report from Morocco. Steroid medications helped ease the symptom for a man with severe hypercalcemia as a main complication of sarcoidosis of the lungs, or pulmonary sarcoidosis, according to the report, “Malignant Hypercalcemia Revealing Pulmonary Sarcoidosis,” published in Cureus.

High blood calcium levels may be sign of sarcoidosis: Case report

Hepatitis B may be a risk factor for periodontitis, particularly patients with hepatitis B who are males and who have a high BMI. An assessment from the NHANES database indicates that hepatitis B is associated with periodontitis. The findings were published in BMC Oral Health. Researchers conducted a cross-sectional study...

Hepatitis B Linked to Periodontal Disease

Ferritin cutoffs of 30 and 45 ng/mL notably increase the rate of iron deficiency diagnoses. Guideline-recommended cutoffs for serum ferritin were linked to the incidence of iron deficiency diagnoses in primary care, according to a recent retrospective cohort study in JAMA Network Open.1. Across more than 255,000 adult primary care...

Ferritin Cutoff Choice Linked to Rates of Iron Deficiency Diagnosis

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A drug-resistant bacterium that causes severe infections has been spreading globally, and it's now in at least 16 countries, the WHO warns.

Dangerous strains of 'hypervirulent' superbug detected in US and 15 other countries

This study noted elevated tear osmolarity levels in patients suffering from both periodontitis and DED vs. patients with only one or none of those conditions. Photo: Scott G. Hauswirth, OD. Click image to enlarge. While an association between dry eye disease (DED) and periodontitis has never been established in the...

DED Signs, Symptoms Associated with Periodontitis

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A lady is cautioning others about purchasing budget earrings from Amazon, Shein, and H&M, after she experienced keloid formations on her earlobes due to wearing them. On a TikTok post that has garnered more than 334,000 likes, Sailor Rozema (@sailor.rozema), a content creator, shares a warning with her community of "dangly earring girls": the inexpensive jewelry found in fast fashion can have negative impacts on your well-being.

‘I’ll never be wearing earrings for the rest of my life’: Customer warns against buying from Shein

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A chemical pregnancy is a very early loss – so early that you may not know you were pregnant. Here's why it happens.

What is a chemical pregnancy?

Virology Journal volume 21, Article number: 180 (2024) Cite this article. The spread of the African swine fever virus (ASF virus) genotype ii in the Eurasian region has been very successful and often inexplicable. The virus spreads rapidly and persists in areas with wild boar populations, but areas without feral pig populations are also affected. The virus has shown the ability to survive for a long time in the environment without a population of susceptible hosts, both pigs and Ornithodoros soft ticks. Published data indicated that ASF viruses persist significantly longer in an environment with some freshwater snails (especially Pomacea bridgesii, Tarebia granifera, Asolene spixii, Melanoides tuberculate, and Physa fontinalis), compared to freshwater without snails. Data obtained in this study suggest that gastropods theoretically can be the hosts of the ASF virus. Also, we have proven the possibility of long-term existence of an infectious virus when infected in vitro.

The role of gastropods in African swine fever virus ecology

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BOSTON - Some women with high blood pressure may be at higher risk of migraine.   Migraine sufferers are at higher risk of strokes and heart attacks, but does having risk factors for cardiovascular disease increase the risk of developing migraines?   In a new study, researchers in the Netherlands found that women with higher diastolic blood pressure, the lower number in a blood pressure reading, were 16% more likely to have migraines than women with normal diastolic blood pressure.   The same association was not observed in men, and in this study, other cardiovascular risk factors such as smoking, and diabetes were not linked to migraines.   Most experts agree, more research is needed in this area. 


Researchers find link between high blood pressure and migraines in women

Porcine circovirus, or PCV, is an ailment that affects swine, and now the latest variant has been detected in the US. PCV affects pigs in that it can cause issues and be harmful to their respiratory systems, reproductive systems, and can cause younger animals to not develop to be as healthy as normal.

PCV4 Swine Virus Detected in US for the First Time

Screening for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) should be included in the diagnostic workup for young women with pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) who present to an emergency ambulatory surgical clinic with lower abdominal pain, as there is a high incidence of STIs in this in this population. These study results were published in Sexually Transmitted Infections.

Routine STI Screening Encouraged for Women With PID and Lower Abdominal Pain

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HEALTHY babies born to overweight mums are more likely to die unexpectedly in the first year of life. A study looked at rates of sudden unexpected infant death (SUID) - which is without an obvious cause. It often happens when the baby is asleep, giving it the nickname 'cot death'.

Babies born to obese mums are at ‘greater risk of sudden unexpected infant death’

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Bacterial vaginosis (BV) and Trichomonas vaginalis (TV) co-infection, and bacterial antibiogram profile of pregnant women studied in Lagos, Nigeria

Christian Azubike Enwuru1, Adenike Shola Aiyedobgon2, Morakinyo Bamikole Ajayi1 &. BMC Women's Health volume 24, Article number: 415 (2024) Cite this article. This study was undertaken...

Bacterial vaginosis (BV) and Trichomonas vaginalis (TV) co-infection, and bacterial antibiogram profile of pregnant women studied in Lagos, Nigeria

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