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Baby Urinary Tract Infections

A urinary tract infection or bladder infection can occur in even very young infants. Whether your baby has a penis or a vagina, symptoms lik...
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Baby Ear Infections

Otitis media, or ear infection, as it's more commonly known, is extremely common in newborns. If your child is crying uncontrollably, experi...
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Birth Defects from Maternal Infection

Birth Defects from Maternal Infection

A congenital disease, like brain damage or cerebral palsy, can be passed from mother to baby via an infection. These birth defects occur as...
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Yeast Infections: The Sex Connection

Yeast Infections: The Sex Connection

A painful yeast infection post-intercourse can feel like punishment for pleasure! Does sex make you more likely to get a yeast infection?
Expert : Jamye Waxman
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Your Halloween Pumpkin Could Treat Yeast Infections

Scientists in South Korea have extracted a protein from pumpkin rinds that could treat yeast infections and diaper rash
Contributor : Dena Afrasiabi
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Why We Vaccinate

In the U.S., vaccination programs have eliminated or significantly reduced many vaccine-preventable diseases.
Contributor : CDC
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Toxoplasmosis: Pregnancy, Prevention, and Treatment

If a woman contracts toxoplasmosis during pregnancy, there is a possibility that her unborn child will be infected.
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Breastfeeding: Breast Infections

A breast infection, also called mastities, is a sorenesss or a lump in the breast that can be accompanied by a fever and or/ flu-like sympto...
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Listeriosis: Diagnosis, Symptoms, and Treatment

A person with listeriosis has fever, muscle aches, and sometimes gastrointestinal symptoms such as nausea or diarrhea.
Contributor : CDC
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Cytomegalovirus (CMV)

In the United States, about half of expectant mothers have never been infected with CMV.
Contributor : CDC
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