Posts Tagged ‘antibiotics’
To treat cystic fibrosis, drug mimics HIV
U. PITTSBURGH (US) — A potential treatment for deadly, drug-resistant bacterial infections uses the same approach that HIV uses to infect cells. Continue…
Tuesday, May 7, 2013 12:14 - 0 Comments
Health & Medicine - May 6, 2013 8:44 - 2 Comments
Breast milk protein fights back superbugs
U. BUFFALO (US) — A protein complex found in human breast milk can help reverse the antibiotic resistance of some bacteria that cause dangerous pneumonia and staph infections, new research shows. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Apr 10, 2013 14:09 - 0 Comments
Antibiotic may lower anxiety for kids with fragile X
UC DAVIS (US) — Minocycline, a broad-spectrum antibiotic, provides some behavioral and anxiety benefits for children with fragile X syndrome. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Mar 25, 2013 10:37 - 0 Comments
Antibiotics work better when germs self-destruct
PRINCETON / BOSTON U. (US) — Scientists find that using bacteria’s own byproducts can make them far more vulnerable to antibiotics. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Feb 13, 2013 12:57 - 1 Comment
In China, antibiotics on farms pose global risk
MICHIGAN STATE (US) — The poorly regulated use of antibiotics in animal production is increasingly putting human health at risk with the spread of antibiotic resistant genes, experts warn. (more…)
Society & Culture - Jan 28, 2013 11:37 - 0 Comments
Penicillin, not the pill, sparked sex revolution
EMORY (US) — Non-traditional, riskier sex lives didn’t start in the 1960s, according to an analysis that suggests a treatment for syphilis changed attitudes and behavior. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jan 18, 2013 13:57 - 0 Comments
Bed of oatmeal proves sexy for penicillin fungus
U. NOTTINGHAM (UK) — Knowing what gets a seemingly asexual fungus turned on could lead to cheaper penicillin. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jan 18, 2013 13:05 - 0 Comments
‘Side-kick’ drugs could improve antibiotics
BOSTON U. (US) — A new technique designed to make current antibiotics more effective works by disabling select genes in bacteria. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jan 14, 2013 13:15 - 3 Comments
Enzyme chews hole in strep bacteria
GEORGIA TECH (US) — In the search for alternatives to conventional antibiotics, researchers have identified an enzyme that kills the bacteria that causes strep throat. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Dec 28, 2012 16:37 - 2 Comments
For bronchitis, antibiotic no better than placebo
U. SOUTHAMPTON (UK) — The antibiotic amoxicillin is no more effective at relieving symptoms of common chest infections like bronchitis than the use of no medication at all, even in older patients. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Nov 20, 2012 13:52 - 0 Comments
Tough germs swap DNA behind noses
U. BUFFALO (US) — Genetic exchange of antibiotic resistance occurs about 10 million times more effectively in the nose than in the blood of animals, report researchers. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Nov 20, 2012 11:18 - 0 Comments
Are doctor e-visits as good as being there?
U. PITTSBURGH (US) — Electronic patient visits appear to offer accurate diagnoses of some medical conditions, but may lead to overprescribing of antibiotics, a new study shows. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Sep 25, 2012 12:31 - 0 Comments
Antibiotics prescribed most often in US south
U. PITTSBURGH (US) — Doctors treating older patients in Southern states are more likely to prescribe antibiotics than any other region in the United States. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Aug 31, 2012 12:44 - 0 Comments
Human, soil germs swap drug-resistant genes
WASHINGTON U. – ST. LOUIS (US) — Bacteria in soil and those that cause human diseases have recently swapped at least seven antibiotic-resistance genes, say researchers. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Aug 30, 2012 15:00 - 0 Comments
Study: Don’t knock antibiotics for Lyme yet
BROWN (US) — Researchers have analyzed studies saying antibiotic retreatment is futile for chronic Lyme disease, and report that the studies prove nothing either way. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Aug 24, 2012 11:27 - 1 Comment
Antibiotics may ‘prime’ kids for obesity
NYU (US) — Scientists studying how antibiotics alter the gut microbiome say their findings link use of the drugs early in life with obesity and other conditions. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jul 24, 2012 14:36 - 0 Comments
To kill infection, try ‘warhead’ virus
MONASH (AUS) — Scientists have discovered the structure and operating procedures of a powerful anti-bacterial killing machine that could become an alternative to antibiotics. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jul 24, 2012 11:58 - 0 Comments
Low-oxygen antibiotic stalls return of TB
U. PITTSBURGH (US) — An antibiotic that is effective in low-oxygen environments could prevent reactivation of latent tuberculosis, researchers say. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jun 7, 2012 16:52 - 0 Comments
Kids’ staph infections lurk on family, too
WASHINGTON U. – ST. LOUIS (US) — Family members of children with a staph infection often harbor a drug-resistant form of the germ, even though they don’t show symptoms, say researchers. (more…)
