Reddit Medicine: The Top Misconceptions Doctors Correct
The top misconceptions doctors correct on Reddit reveal surprising truths about vaccines, antibiotics, and mental health—discover what you might be getting wrong.
Fluoroquinolone Alert: Bacterial Infections Antibiotic Could Lead to Irreversible Health Conditions
According to the latest reports, it looks like a specific antibiotic that is used to treat bacterial infections could lead to irreversible health issues. Check out the latest reports about this below. Fluoroquinolone alert Lesley Yates, a mother and teacher’s…
Antibiotics Over the Counter You Can Request at Your Pharmacy
Antibiotics are a group of drugs that are prescribed to patients who suffer from bacterial infections. Antibiotics come in a wide variety of forms and are designed to treat a variety of bacterial diseases; some of these antibiotics are sold…
MRSA and Staph Infection: What Are the Differences?
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is the formidable culprit behind staph infections, presenting a unique challenge in the realm of medical treatment due to its defiance when it comes to certain antibiotics. These infections, encompassing those caused by the infamous MRSA…
One Dosage Of A Basic Antibiotic During Childbirth Lowers Maternal Mortality And Sepsis
According to the Globe Health Organization, sepsis is one of the leading causes of maternal mortality throughout the world. This life-threatening condition is caused by a severe infection in the body that may result in death as well as damage…
Early Use Of Antibiotics Can Cause Asthma And Allergies According To A New Study
According to recent research done on mice, the usage and exposure to antibiotics at a young age might actually eliminate good bacteria in the digestive system that can cause asthma and allergies. The research, which was published in the journal…
New Antibiotic is Capable of Killing Bacteria That’s Otherwise Resistant to Such Drugs
Cilagicin is a word that you perhaps never heard about, but that will drastically change soon enough. It’s the moniker of an antibiotic that could make humans get rid of bacteria that are otherwise resistant to such drugs. Cilagicin has…
MRSA Strain From Pigs is Highly-Resistant to Antibiotics and Can Infect Humans
MRSA, the type of bacteria that is known to be resistant to common antibiotics, can be spread in the community by getting into contact with infected individuals or by sharing personal items with them. A specific MRSA strain known as…
There’s New Hope to Get Rid of Bacteria Resistant to Antibiotics
Bacteria resistant to antibiotics don’t represent anything new, but they can surely become a serious issue if they spread. For instance, we spoke recently at our publication about a ‘super gonorrhea’ strain and new strains of typhoid fever. But there…
Typhoid Fever is Becoming Resistant to Drugs
Typhoid fever can affect many organs of the body once it infects the patient. It can even kill if there is a lack of treatment. This bacterial infection has existed for millennia, and it can still pose a threat. About…
Antibiotics Lead To Increased Risk Of Developing Serious Fungal Infection, As Per New Study
Candidasis, a life-threatening fungal infection, is more common among patients given antibiotics in hospitals to avoid sepsis as well as other bacterial infections, according to recent research. Gut microbiomes are well known to have genetically programmed methods for surviving antibiotic…
Researchers Find Possible Dangerous Link Between Alzheimer’s and Antibiotics
Antibiotics are known to trigger some noticeable side effects in some people, such as facial swelling, difficulty breathing, and more. But a new study suggests that taking antibiotics in some cases could even raise the risk of developing Alzheimer’s, according…
Concerning Antibiotics-Resistant Superbugs Made Worse by the Pandemic!
Some public health experts seem quite worried that the misuse or the overuse of antibiotics amid the pandemic might end up exacerbating a different crisis that has been going on in the background, namely antibiotic resistance, which involves pathogens such…
Newfound Way That Antibiotics Can Be Harmful for Babies
Taking antibiotics is crucial in many moments from our lives, but they can also act against us. A new study led by Nathan LeBrasseur from Mayo Clinic’s Center on Aging and involving over 14,500 children, is bringing some disappointing news…
Artificial Intelligence Found Powerful Antibiotics, Helping Us Winning The Battle With Superbugs
Bacteria have become more and more ‘intelligent’ with time. Like any form of life, they had to adapt to the unfriendly environment to survive. But when it comes to humans, bacteria have to fight for survival. Humans found a way…
Old Drugs Might Help Researchers Create Reliable Antibiotics Against Superbugs
Bacteria have become more resistant to antibiotics, and this represents a problem as diseases will no longer be cured with the help of medicines. This is the reason why scientists have been trying to create or find new antibiotics that…
Antibiotics Affect the Human Body’s Resistance To Diseases
Researchers at Francis Crick Institute conducted a study that demonstrated the fact that antibiotics make the lung susceptible to flu. The study was later published in Cell Reports. It is widely known that antibiotics are a category of strong medication…
Antibiotics Might Help Alleviate Alzheimer’s Disease Symptoms
New researchers are showing that an antibiotic mix has impacted the bacteria from the mice’s gut, and they have reached to a point where the growth and development of Alzheimer’s disease have been slowed in males. The University of Chicago,…
New Source for Antibiotics to Fight Superbugs, Found in The Microbes of Insects
Antibiotics represented the most significant discovery in medicine, tackling many bacteria- and fungi-induced diseases, such as tuberculosis, among many others. But the primary source for the production of such medications, soil bacteria, is almost tapped out now. Also, we’re facing…
WHO Warned About Antibiotics Misuse In A Recent Report On Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria
The World Health Organization (WHO) warned of the dangerous increase in antibiotic consumption in some countries, but also of low use in other regions, which can lead to the emergence of deadly antibiotic-resistant bacteria, commonly dubbed superbugs. Antibiotics consumption differ…
Antibiotics Work Better than Surgery on Appendicitis
In America, there are over 300,000 appendix removal operations performed every year. However, there’s a new study out there which shows how people may want to postpone going under the knife, instead, they could try treating their condition in a…
Woman Experiences Weird Allergic Reaction to Antibiotics
As she was recovering in a hospital after a car crash, a 55-year old female from Missouri felt a bad taste in her mouth and severe nausea. The doctor checked-up her up and observed that her tongue had a black…
Probiotics Might Not Be As Beneficial As Initially Thought
Until now, probiotics were thought to be 100% beneficial bacteria found in fermented foods that help to activate our immune system, besides having a crucial role in the digestion process. However, a new Israeli study reveals that the intake of…
Deadly Superbug Is Spreading Across Hospitals Worldwide, A New Study Reveals
A highly infectious and deadly superbug, a bacterium resistant to all known antibiotics, is now spreading across hospitals all over the world, a new study conducted by the University of Melbourne in Australia revealed today, September 3rd. The scientists found…
Wild Killer Whale Receives Antibiotics
In order to save an endangered orca from the West Coast, experts succeeded in injecting it with antibiotics. According to Martin Haulena, Vancouver Aquarium veterinarian, the young whale was found alone by a team on Thursday, Even though the killer…
Bacteriophages Are The “New But Old” Solution Against Superbugs
In the 19th century, bacteriologists found something that could destroy bacteria. In 1915, Frederick Twort, a British microbiologist, conjectured that it could be a virus and two years later, the Canadian Felix d’Herelle dubbed these organisms as bacteriophages. Then, the idea…
Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Might Be Tackled With A New Antibiotic The British Scientists Created
British scientists say they have managed to defeat more rival teams around the world in the race to create a new synthetic antibiotic. They hope that their new antibiotic, which is, in reality, an improved version of the natural antibiotic…
Giving your Infant Antibiotics may Lead to Allergies
A new scientific study has found out an interesting cause for children and their allergies. It has found out that if the infant is given whether Pepcid or Zantac antibiotics it may develop allergies sometime later on in his or…
Too Many Antibiotics to be Prescribed for Sinus Infections
Many people endorsed antibiotics for sinus contaminations are on treatment courses of 10 days or longer despite the fact that infectious disease specialists prescribe 5 to 7 days for uncomplicated cases, a U.S. research proposes. The antibiotics were prescribed for…
New Antibiotics Could Get Us Rid Of Gonorrhea
Sexually transmitted diseases still concern us today, not only because they are causing infertility and other problems, but also because even the treatment isn’t effective anymore. Controlling its side effects and the treatment administration are difficult as well. One of…
Vital Things You Don’t Know About Antibiotics
Antibiotics can be our friends and our enemies at the same time. While in most cases they come as a solution for a severe health problem. Sometimes they are even more dangerous than not taking any. After many years of…
When Is The Right Time To Stop Taking Antibiotics?
Many of us have the tendency to stop taking antibiotics after we think we feel better, or we reconsider the doctor’s advice and we take them for a longer period of time. There is even a study that recently…