Medications
Health Ministry needs to act to reduce antibiotic use in New Zealand
Targets to reduce antibiotic use are urgently needed, according to new research from the University of Auckland.
May 26, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Signs of success in delaying onset of drug-resistant gonorrhoea in UK
Gonorrhoea threatens to become resistant to all of the antibiotics used to treat it. Today, Professor Cathy Ison will explain that campaigns in the UK to raise awareness of drug resistance among healthcare professionals, ...
Apr 11, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
The threat from superbugs
As government and health officials voice growing alarm over the spread of drug-resistant bacteria around the world, a panel of experts on Wednesday recommended steps to address the problem in hospitals, in communities, and ...
Feb 10, 2014
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HIV & AIDS
HIV genotype unneeded in new treatment computer modeling
New computer models described today in the Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy predict how patients whose HIV therapy is failing will respond to any new combination of drugs, without the need for an HIV genotype: a test ...
Nov 26, 2013
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Medications
Antibiotics – friend and foe?
European Antibiotic Awareness Day is marked on the 18th November every year. This year in Norway, a seminar for health care providers about antibiotic use and resistance will be held, as well as several local events around ...
Nov 18, 2013
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Oncology & Cancer
Study finds new explanation for resistance to breast cancer treatment
Breast cancers that initially respond to hormone therapies such as tamoxifen eventually become resistant to treatment, and a new study finds this may be because of a mutation in the receptor present in the cancer cell to ...
Nov 13, 2013
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Oncology & Cancer
A protein that 'rebels' against breast cancer treatment
Despite the fact that the cure rate for breast cancer, the most common cancer in women, is very high (around 80%), this disease can nevertheless have very serious consequences. The majority of breast cancer-related deaths ...
Nov 12, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Leishmania parasites with greater infectivity associated with treatment failure
Relapses after treatment for Leishmania infection may be due to a greater infectivity of the parasite rather than drug resistance, as has been previously thought, according to a study published in mBio, the online open-access ...
Oct 8, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Simple, rapid test for drug-resistant malaria developed
For the first time, scientists have developed a novel and rapid way to test whether the most common and lethal form of malaria is resistant to potent artemisinin drugs.
Sep 10, 2013
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HIV & AIDS
Early temporary ART for HIV-infected infants prevents damage to immune system and delays need for life-long treatment
Giving antiretroviral therapy (ART) immediately after diagnosis for a limited period of time is more beneficial than postponing treatment in young infants infected with HIV, slowing progression of the disease and delaying ...
Aug 21, 2013
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