Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

New uses for existing antiviral drugs

Existing and emerging viral diseases are an increasing problem, particularly in developing countries. The World Health Organization has called for better control of viral diseases, but developing drugs for this purpose can ...

Cardiology

Wiping out the gut microbiome could help with heart failure

New research suggests wiping out the gut microbiota could improve heart functioning and potentially slow the cardiac damage that occurs with heart failure. The research is based on the idea that microbes living in the gastrointestinal ...

Medical research

Molecular doorstop could be key to new tuberculosis drugs

Tuberculosis, which infects roughly one quarter of the world's population and kills nearly two million people a year, is not only deadly but ancient: signs of the disease have been found in Egyptian mummies. Despite its age, ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Narrow-spectrum antibiotics best for children with acute RTIs

(HealthDay)—For children with acute respiratory tract infections, broad-spectrum antibiotics are not associated with better clinical or patient-centered outcomes compared with narrow-spectrum antibiotics, according to a ...

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