Medications
Heavy antibiotic use tied to development of Crohn's, colitis
The more antibiotics that seniors take, the greater their risk of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), a new study suggests.
May 13, 2022
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News tagged with antibiotic resistance
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Finish your antibiotics course? Maybe not, experts say
British disease experts on Thursday suggested doing away with the "incorrect" advice to always finish a course of antibiotics, saying the approach was fuelling the spread of drug resistance.
Jul 27, 2017
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Medical research
Insight into mechanism of treatment-resistant gonorrhea sets stage for new antibiotics
Due to the spread of antibiotic-resistant strains of Neisseria gonorrhoeae, existing treatments for gonorrhea, the sexually transmitted infection caused by the bacterium, are no longer effective. In the absence of a vaccine, ...
May 22, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Gonorrhea: What it is, symptoms, treatment and more
Commonly known as the "clap," gonorrhea is a sexually transmitted disease that can cause infertility in both women and men if left untreated.
Mar 16, 2023
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Medications
A world without antibiotics? The risk is real, experts say
Humans face the very real risk of a future without antibiotics, a world of plummeting life expectancy where people die from diseases easily treatable today, scientists say.
Jan 19, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Antibiotic resistance outwitted by supercomputers
Scientists may have made a giant leap in fighting the biggest threat to human health by using supercomputing to keep pace with the impressive ability of diseases to evolve.
Nov 2, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Answer to antibiotic-resistant infections could already be on the market
The rise of antibiotic resistant bacterial pathogens is an increasingly global threat to public health. In the United States alone antibiotic resistant bacterial pathogens kill thousands every year.
Apr 26, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Decades of conflict in Iraq have fueled 'catastrophic' rise in antibiotic resistance, warn experts
Decades of wars and conflict in Iraq have led to a "catastrophic" rise in antibiotic resistance in the country, with serious implications for the entire region and the world, warn international experts in the open access ...
Feb 13, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Researchers uncover how innocuous gut bacteria mutated to become deadly blood infectors
A team of researchers from several institutions in the U.S. has unveiled the evolutionary process that transformed a common type of human gut bacteria into a deadly infectious agent. In their paper published in Science Translational ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
US study suggests COVID-19 pandemic may be accelerating antimicrobial resistance
Among those hospitalized during the pandemic, both COVID-19 patients and those tested for SARS-COV-2 but negative, had higher rates of antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections compared to patients hospitalized before the ...
Apr 25, 2022
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