The overuse and miss use of antibiotics cancause multidrug resistance in ’superbugs’
A new study by Boston University biomedical engineers indicates that treating bacteria with levels of antibiotics insufficient to kill them produces germs that are cross-resistant to a wide range of antibiotics.
The research is published in the journal Molecular Cell, research led by Boston University [...]
That the use of broad-spectrum antibiotics long period of time can lead to severe secondary bacterial infections because the bacteria destroys the “good bacteria” in the gut, which are an essential part of the immune system has long been a problem of the use of antibiotics.
New researcher from the University of Pennsylvania School of [...]
21 May, 2009
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Blood tests and better communication skills could cut over-prescribing of antibiotics.
Improving communications skills and the use of a simple blood test could help cut the growing number of inappropriate prescriptions of antibiotics, a joint Cardiff University trial has discovered.
In a major new clinical trial, published in the British Medical Journal, a team of researchers [...]
26 Aug, 2008
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Overuse of leading to development of super bugs says University of Melbourne study
Australian hospitals should avoid prescribing expensive broad-spectrum antibiotics for pneumonia to avoid the development of more drug-resistant super bugs, say Australian researchers.
The study, by PhD researcher and Austin Health Infectious Diseases consultant, Dr Patrick Charles, shows that only 5 per cent of people [...]
Green tea is fast becoming a wonder cure. Another study has found that the mild and widely used tea has healing powers. This study is from researchers at the Alexandria University of Egypt. Green tea is commonly drunk in Egypt.
According to a report in Healthday News, researches found that green tea appeared to give a [...]