QUOTE(FiTzY @ Jul 12 2008, 08:50 AM)

1) Is this just something that affects some women permanently, or can it always be corrected?
I'm hoping that some women will chime in here...
Tell "your friend" that a mal odor is not something "permanent". Women's pooty should not smell bad.
She has an infection, either yeast or bacterial. If it is the bacteria Trichamonas, it can be passed between "your friend" and this chick if they had unprotected sex. It is an STD. Since there are typically no symptoms for the guy, he could actually have given it to her, that is, if he didn't use a condom. It is easily remedied with medication, but both partners have to be treated at the same time.
Talk to her, get it treated, go on with life.