Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Scientists identify a mechanism of epidemic bacterial disease

Through identification of increased toxin production by epidemic forms of group A streptococcus (the "flesh-eating" bacterium), for the first time scientists are able to pinpoint the molecular events that contribute to large ...

Pediatrics

Black children less likely to be prescribed antibiotics

(HealthDay)—Black children are less likely to be prescribed antibiotics and to be diagnosed with conditions that require antibiotics, even when treated by the same doctor, according to research published online March 18 ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Residents: Frontline defenders against antibiotic resistance?

Antibiotic resistance continues to grow around the world, with sometimes disastrous results. Some strains of bacteria no longer respond to any currently available antibiotic, making death by infections that were once easily ...

Neuroscience

Scientists unpack how taste neurons control food intake

Using the common fruit fly as a model, a research team led by scientists at the University of California, Riverside, studied how taste neurons control feeding behaviors and found that flies genetically modified to have only ...

Oncology & Cancer

Endoscopic techniques offer hope for throat cancer patients

According to a study in the December issue of GIE: Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, the monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE), endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) ...

Medications

Single-drug regimen now advised for uncomplicated gonorrhea

(HealthDay)—A single 500-mg intramuscular dose of ceftriaxone is recommended for treatment of uncomplicated urogenital, anorectal, and pharyngeal gonorrhea, according to updated guidelines published in the Dec. 18 issue ...

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