Antibiotics
- Health
US likely to see shortage of antibiotics for children, adults: Report
Washington: The US is soon likely to see a shortage of antibiotics after Pfizer warned doctors that it expects to run out of its formulations for children and adults by the end…
- World
WHO concerned over increasing antibiotic resistance in human infections
Geneva: High levels of antibiotic resistance in bacteria are causing life-threatening bloodstream infections, according to the latest report released by the WHO. For the first time, the Global Antimicrobial Resistance and Use…
- India
Avoid antibiotics for low-grade fever: ICMR guidelines
New Delhi: The Indian Council of Medical Research has issued guidelines warning against the use of antibiotics for conditions such as low-grade fever and viral bronchitis while advising doctors to follow a…
- Health
Infant antibiotic use may negatively affect adult gut health
London: Antibiotics are frequently administered to preterm and low birth weight infants in order to prevent infections, not simply treat them as they have a higher risk of developing them. A recent…
- India
Over 47% antibiotic formulations used in India in 2019 unapproved: Lancet study
New Delhi: More than 47 per cent of antibiotic formulations used in India’s private sector in 2019 were not approved by the central drug regulator, according to a study published in The…
- Health
Typhoid bacteria increasingly resistant to essential antibiotics: Lancet
New York: Bacteria causing typhoid fever are becoming increasingly resistant to some of the most important antibiotics for human health, according to a study published in The Lancet Microbe journal. The largest…
- Health
Study finds single course of antibiotics affects infants’ gut microbiota
Helsinki: A recent study at the University of Helsinki revealed that the fungal microbiota in the gut is more abundant and diverse in children treated with antibiotics compared with the control group…
- Telangana
Is antibiotic resistance increasing in Telangana?
Hyderabad: Antibiotics are proving ineffective on most patients across Telangana. During the past two years in view of the COVID pandemic, antibiotics were the medicines that were overused due to which there is…
- Health
Antibiotics after birth affects gut microbes of babies, study finds
Edinburgh: Treating babies with antibiotics in the first week of life is linked with a decrease in healthy bacteria necessary amongst others to digest milk and an increase in antimicrobial resistance, a…
- Health
COVID-19: Misuse of antibiotics increased in India during pandemic, claims study
New York: COVID-19 likely contributed to 216.4 million excess doses of antibiotics for adults, suggesting that the drug was used by almost everyone to treat mild and moderate cases of coronavirus infection in…
- India
‘Lakhs died due to allopathic medicine,’ says Baba Ramdev; medical fraternity condemn
New Delhi: The Indian Medical Association (IMA) and several other doctor associations have recently come up in arms against Yoga guru Baba Ramdev for his insensitive comments on the allopathic treatment of…
- Science
Diphtheria now becoming major global threat, as it evolves antimicrobial resistance
Cambridge: Researchers from the UK and India, during a recent study, found that Diphtheria, which is a relatively easily-preventable infection, has now started to evolve and become resistant to a number of…
- Health
Antibiotics to treat early dementia: Study
London: Researchers have found that a class of antibiotics called “Aminoglycosides” could be a promising treatment for early onset dementia. Frontotemporal dementia, is the most common type of early onset dementia, typically…
- Health
High antibiotic use may elevate Parkinson’s disease risk
Washington: Too much intake of antibiotics adds up to the risk of Parkinson’s disease, stated a new study. A higher exposure to commonly used oral antibiotics is linked to an increase in…
- Health
Antibiotics not necessary for most toothaches
New York: Antibiotics are not recommended for toothaches, according to a new American Dental Association (ADA) guideline. Patients with toothaches are often prescribed antibiotics by physicians and dentists to help relieve signs…
