After a nearly three-fold drop in prescriptions for the antibiotic ciprofloxacin between 2015 and 2021, the rates of ciprofloxacin-resistant E. coli bacteria circulating in the community did not decline.
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A scientific journey decades in the making at Duke University has found a new antibiotic strategy to defeat gram-negative bacteria like Salmonella, Pseudomonas and E. coli, the culprits in many urinary tract infections (UTIs). ...
Aug 9, 2023
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A busy, crowded, confusing emergency room is not an ideal place for a person living with dementia.
Jul 24, 2023
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About one in two women are affected by cystitis during their lifetime, and many suffer from recurrent urinary tract infections. Bladder infections are not only painful and potentially dangerous, but they also pose a significant ...
Jul 21, 2023
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A recent study by researchers at Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, and Scripps Research Institute has discovered fluorescent dye FM 1-43 as an effective and versatile tool to visualize PIEZO2 ion channel ...
Jun 14, 2023
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Drinking cranberry juice has long been a mythical prevention strategy for women who develop a urinary tract infection—and new medical evidence shows consuming cranberry products is an effective way to prevent a UTI before ...
Apr 20, 2023
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Researchers at the University of Nottingham have discovered a new coating that could prevent bacterial infections typically caused by biofilms on catheters.
Feb 28, 2023
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An international team of medical scientists has found more evidence of infections in pregnant women raising the risk of leukemia developing in babies. In their paper published in JAMA Network Open, the group analyzed data ...
If you're over 40, regular exercise may not only keep you fit—it might keep you out of the hospital, too, a large new study suggests.
Feb 20, 2023
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Carriers of a specific hidden bacteria have a 14% chance of developing an antibiotic resistant infection with 30 days of hospitalization, according to researchers from Amsterdam UMC. Researchers studied patients who unknowingly ...
Jan 31, 2023
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