Antibiotics - Use and Abuse
Antibiotics are among the most used and abused medications. This article explains some general features about antibiotics.
Antibiotics are among the most used and abused medications. This article explains some general features about antibiotics.
Under the earlier proposal, several drugs were to be sold only against prescriptions while others would be available only for hospital use and not in pharmacies.
Experts claim that an antibiotics policy is of vital importance to ensure that obstinate strains of antibiotics do not develop.
Do Antibiotics in Animal Agriculture Pose a Threat to Human Health?
From Keep Antibiotcs Working: the Campaign to End Antibiotic Overuse in Animal Agriculture, David Wallinga believes that physicians and policymakers have overlooked the critical role played by the ongoing overuse of antibiotics in livestock and poultry.
From Keep Antibiotcs Working: the Campaign to End Antibiotic Overuse in Animal Agriculture, David Wallinga believes that physicians and policymakers have overlooked the critical role played by the ongoing overuse of antibiotics in livestock and poultry.
The need for such a policy arose after leading general medical journal Lancet noted in a report in 2010 the emergence of a new enzyme in India that made bacteria resistant to all known antibiotics.
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Bacteria Communicate to Help Each Other Resist Antibiotics: Research
A novel means of communication that allows bacteria such as Burkholderia cenocepacia (B.enocepacia) to resist antibiotic treatment was unraveled by new research from Western University.
A novel means of communication that allows bacteria such as Burkholderia cenocepacia (B.enocepacia) to resist antibiotic treatment was unraveled by new research from Western University.
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Treatment With Many Common Antibiotics can Cause Harmful Side Effects
A team of scientists at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University has discovered why long-term treatment with many common antibiotics can cause
A team of scientists at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University has discovered why long-term treatment with many common antibiotics can cause
