Is it time to treat male partners of women with bacterial vaginosis? A trial in the New England Journal of Medicine recruited women with confirmed bacterial vaginosis infection who also had a regular ...

or Clindamycin 300 mg orally twice daily for 7 days Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is a condition characterized by a loss of the indigenous vaginal lactobacilli and massive anaerobic overgrowth of the ...

For decades, bacterial vaginosis has been treated as a women’s health issue—but new research suggests treating male partners could dramatically cut recurrence rates. A scanning electron ...

A new study published in The New England Journal of Medicine revealed that in addition to treating female patients, treating male companions with oral metronidazole and topical clindamycin decreased ...

One of the most abundant fatty acids in the body -- and a key ingredient in the Mediterranean diet -- could be a safe, easy ...

Efforts to increase the likelihood of cure have been hindered by an incomplete understanding of the pathogenesis of bacterial vaginosis, although epidemiologic and microbiologic data show that it ...

Bacterial vaginosis, or BV, is currently viewed as a woman’s issue, thus leaving the sexual partner untreated. “I started getting them quite recurrently. I’d go to doctors and get treated ...

Bacterial vaginosis is most likely a sexually transmitted infection, according to a new study. By Alisha Haridasani Gupta Bacterial vaginosis is a poorly understood infection that affects one in ...

Women with bacterial vaginosis, a recurrent condition that raises the risk of pregnancy complications, could benefit from their male sexual partners being treated with antibiotics, according to a ...

A common vaginal condition known as bacterial vaginosis (BV) may actually be a sexually transmitted infection (STI), according to researchers. The NHS currently says BV is caused by "a change in ...