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Treating male partners along with women may help stop bacterial vaginosis

For many women, the syndrome can return and researchers don’t know why

A woman and a man, presumably a couple, listen to a female doctor during a medical appointment

Bacterial vaginosis often returns after treatment. A new clinical trial suggests treating the woman plus her male partner may help prevent the syndrome from recurring.

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By Aimee Cunningham

Treatment for two rather than one may help prevent another bout of a common and unpleasant vaginal syndrome.

For many women who develop bacterial vaginosis, the syndrome returns weeks or months after treatment.