Patients with a candida infection need to eat as many anti-fungal foods as possible. These healthy foods kill the yeast by starving them of sugar and breaking down candida's cellular walls. One of the ...

Medically reviewed by Danielle Weiss, MD A vaginal yeast infection is caused by an overgrowth of yeast (a type of fungus) in the body. People with diabetes are more prone to getting these infections ...

"Normally pathogens exist outside of the body and don't survive well but this particular type of Candida can be found in oral cavities like the genital tract. "It's very stable on surfaces like ...