Antibiotics

You wake up with that familiar urgency to go to the toilet and burning when you pee – and no matter how many times you go, that urgency doesn’t let up. You know exactly what it is: a urinary tract infection, or UTI. UTIs are common, affecting half of all…

— Increased risks observed for analgesics and corticosteroids, among others, in Swedish study April 3, 2026 • 3 min read Commonly prescribed antibiotics and non-antibiotic drugs were associated with significantly increased odds of Clostridioides difficile infection in a case-control study. Non-antibiotic drugs with the greatest observed risks for C. difficile…

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— Study address key concern with nonoperative management of appendicitis March 26, 2026 • 3 min read A key concern with antibiotic-only management of appendicitis is the delayed diagnosis of incidental appendiceal neoplasms. Among 2,293 appendectomies in this study, 1.6% had malignant or premalignant lesions, most commonly small and low-grade…

Science and Research By Joe Whitworth Published: March 26, 2026, 12:01 am Share to X Share to Bluesky Share to Facebook Share to LinkedIn Share by email Scientists have estimated that most Campylobacter cases in an English county are associated with poultry meat, and that many of them are resistant to antibiotics. Researchers from the Ineos Oxford Institute for…

— Quotable quotes heard by MedPage Today's reporters by MedPage Today Staff March 22, 2026 • 2 min read "If you wait that long, you will have waited too long." -- Lori Handy, MD, MSCE, of the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, responding to the FDA Commissioner's comment that he wouldn't…

— You passed medical training, now see if you can pass our weekly quiz by MedPage Today Staff March 21, 2026 • 1 min read The 24-hour news cycle is just as important to medicine as it is to politics, finance, or sports. At MedPage Today, new information is posted…

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo A study conducted by researchers at the Center for Nuclear Energy in Agriculture at the University of São Paulo (CENA-USP) and published in the journal Environmental Sciences Europe identified residues of different classes of antibiotics in the Piracicaba River, one…

The bark of birch trees has been used to produce tar for more than 150,000 years. The center photo shows birch bark tar condensed onto a rock that borders a hearth. When scraped off the rocks, the viscous tar can be used as both an adhesive and antibiotic. Tjaark Siemssen,…

Health officials are racing to curb a deadly meningitis outbreak, tracing and treating thousands of potential contacts as reports of suspected cases spread. The unprecedented emergency response saw 2,000 worried students receive preventative antibiotics in Canterbury yesterday as the 'invasive' strain of the disease left two dead and 11 gravely…