Experts say a healthy vaginal microbiome may cut down one's risk of infections like HPV in check. Probiotics can balance pH, ...

By analyzing E. coli protein levels, scientists found a surplus of membrane shuttle proteins that may play a role in antibiotic resistance.

Make your antibiotic medication as effective as possible by getting these answers before you leave the doctor's office or pharmacy.

Meet the jumbo phage. Scientists believe they’ve cracked the code on how its ‘secret handshakes’ act as a shield against the ...

Lakes, natural and man-made, provide water, food and habitats for wildlife, and also support local economies. Around the ...

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), hundreds of millions of new cases of bacterial sexually transmitted ...

Cases of bacterial sexually transmitted infections are on the rise worldwide. An international team led by the University of Zurich has now developed a new method for genome sequencing and discovered ...

Recently, more and more sexually transmitted diseases have been registered in Europe. As well as causing unpleasant symptoms, they can also have a ...

WITH Valentine’s Day just round the corner, you might be looking for ways to spice it up in the bedroom. If these efforts ...

We’re all guilty of sleeping in our underwear from time to time, but for 26-year-old Kaela this simple habit left her hospitalised in ‘excruciating’ pain. She slept in underwear she’d worn ‘100 times ...

Examples include chlamydia, crabs, and genital herpes ... Symptoms may include: Chancroid is a rare bacterial infection that develops due to Haemophilus ducreyi. It can only spread through ...

In prokaryotic cells, DNA bundles together in a region called the nucleoid. Primitive organelles, such as micro-compartments found in some bacteria, help organize cellular processes by concentrating ...