Cardiology
Study ties dental drugs, heart infection risk
A study suggests that curbing the routine use of preventive antibiotics before dental work may have contributed to a rise in heart valve infections in England.
Nov 18, 2014
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Medications
Study: Many US hospitals use too many antibiotics (Update)
Doctors in many U.S. hospitals are unnecessarily prescribing multiple antibiotics for several days when just one would do the job, a new study released Wednesday suggests.
Sep 10, 2014
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Medications
Unnecessary antibiotic use responsible for $163M in potentially avoidable hospital costs
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Premier, Inc. have released new research on the widespread use of unnecessary and duplicative antibiotics in U.S. hospitals, which could have led to an estimated $163 ...
Sep 10, 2014
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Genetics
Newborns' genetic code sends infection distress signal
Babies suffering from life-threatening bacterial infections such as sepsis could benefit from improved treatment, thanks to a ground-breaking study.
Aug 14, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Continuous antibiotics not necessary for many children with common prenatal abnormality
Up to 5 percent of all prenatal ultrasounds uncover antenatal hydronephrosis, or enlarged kidneys, the most commonly detected prenatal abnormality in the United States. Many children with this abnormality are treated continually ...
Jul 24, 2014
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Medications
Risk of antibiotic overuse in aged care settings
Antibiotics are being overused in residential aged care facilities (RACFs), and more integrated efforts to improve antibiotic prescribing practices need to be introduced, researchers say.
Jul 21, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Study finds alarming global rise in use of antibiotics
Antibiotic use has surged by 36 percent worldwide in a decade, much of it unwarranted, according to a new study.
Jul 11, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Antibiotics continue to be prescribed at high rate for bronchitis, contrary to guidelines
Despite clear evidence of ineffectiveness, guidelines and more than 15 years of educational efforts stating that the antibiotic prescribing rate for acute bronchitis should be zero, the rate was about 70 percent from 1996-2010 ...
May 20, 2014
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Health
Antibiotic resistance is a international issue that better education can address
Antibiotic resistance is an international reality whose solution includes better educating physicians about using bacteria-fighting tools, says an infectious disease physician.
Nov 14, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Bacterial infection's spread occurs beyond health care settings, study finds
(HealthDay)—A new British study raises questions about the transmission of Clostridium difficile, a bacteria that causes life-threatening diarrhea in people who have recently been on antibiotics.
Sep 25, 2013
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