Plenty of people are guilty of putting on underwear like this as a GP warns it can spread a highly common infection ...

We’re on the precipice of sandal weather, whether your toes are ready or not. But if a particularly persistent and unsightly ...

Athlete's foot, or tinea pedis, is a fungal skin infection that may feel painful or burn. Here's how to find relief with OTC ...

But nowhere were fungal communities more diverse than on the foot. What’s more, the fungal assemblages living on people’s feet fluctuated wildly compared to those found elsewhere on the body. When ...

It causes athlete's foot and the same fungus causes jock itch. and it can occur almost in coin shape patches although sometimes it can spread.... On the scalp, they start losing hair actually ...

But they’re two different conditions that require different treatments. Athlete’s foot, also known as tinea pedis, is a fungal skin infection that most commonly affects the skin between the toes.

Q. I’ve been trying to prevent athlete’s foot and jock itch off and on since I worked at a swimming pool in 1969. My current routine: ...

It is more common in certain parts of the body. Ringworm on the feet (tinea pedis) is often referred to as athlete's foot. Ringworm on the groin (tinea cruris) is often called jock itch.

You can get athlete’s foot by coming into contact with the fungus that causes it. You can get it through direct contact with someone who has athlete’s foot, or by touching surfaces that are ...

But Calis does. And one of the things he thinks about is fungus -- the highly contagious kind that causes the cracked and itchy foot infection we call athlete's foot. "Athlete's foot infections ...