It was like "Harold's Purple Crayon" run amok. The purple went everywhere — skin, diapers, clothes and, most of all, my baby's toothless mouth, suddenly stained deep purple as if she were wearing Goth ...

Q: Thank you for your advice on controlling cholesterol. I’m a 77-year-old woman of normal weight. My cholesterol hovered around 200, even with a strict diet and getting plenty of exercise (total 197, ...

Gentian violet is an antiseptic dye used to treat fungal infections of the skin (such as ringworm, athlete's foot). It also has weak antibacterial effects and may be used on minor cuts and scrapes to ...

Health Canada warns about gentian violet Michelle Gerwing on why Health Canada is now warning Canadians about gentian violet, a deep purple dye known as an effective antiseptic.

A local health official with the Middlesex-London Health Unit is offering some context for a recent announcement from Health Canada. The national agency announced last week that it was recommending ...

Q:You recommended gentian violet for toenail fungus, and I tried it. Now my toenails are purple, and I can’t get it off. What can I do? A: When we wrote about this old-fashioned topical antifungal ...