Antibiotics

Histopathology of Helicobacter pylori infection in a gastric foveolar pit demonstrated in endoscopic gastric biopsy. Credit: Wikipedia. Helicobacter pylori, a stomach-dwelling bacterium, is a strong risk factor for gastric cancer, peptic ulcers and other debilitating gastrointestinal disorders. Yet efforts to eradicate it using a combination of antibiotics and proton pump…

B.J. Penn has recently revealed that he got seriously injured last year while he was in a wave pool, of all places. The former two-division UFC champion detailed the unusual incident, which he likened to the movie series Final Destination. Penn says he nearly died and suffered multiple fractures, after…

The proposed polymer, with its backbone shown in blue, creates regions with a high local density of copper side units (pendants). This helps reduce Cu(II) to Cu(I), the most difficult step in the redox reaction shown, to ultimately produce more hydroxyl radicals (-OH). Credit: Assistant Professor Shigehito Osawa The discovery…

My husband has this bad habit. When prescribed a week or two of antibiotics, he rarely completes the full course. Once his symptoms subside, he tosses out the rest of the pills, despite warnings on the bottle to finish the prescription. Ignoring doctors’ orders is not a good idea, yet…

Urinary tract infections: They're the bane of millions of women, and a new study finds that many sufferers are unhappy that diagnosis and treatments are still limited for this painful condition. One of the biggest concerns researchers found was that many women think frequent antibiotic use to treat urinary tract…

(This story originally appeared in on Jul 22, 2021) Even as Covid-19 has disrupted screening and treatment of tuberculosis derailing efforts to eliminate it, the BPaL regimen to reduce treatment time from 18 months to 6 months and reported success rate of 90% can be crucial in the fight against…

Penicillin in early life changes microbiome and gene expression, which allows cells to respond to its changing environment, in key areas of the developing brain, according to new research. Antibiotic exposure early in life could alter human brain development in areas responsible for cognitive and emotional functions. Image credit: Arek…

There’s a silent epidemic slowly brewing around the globe. It hasn’t claimed as many lives as COVID-19, but if it gets out of control, it will likely prove even deadlier. It’s caused not by a single virus, but by a number of different bacterial species that have been slowly evolving…

Blaise Pascal was a renowned French polymath of the 17th century, scientist, philosopher, mathematician, inventor, and later in life a theologian. Among his many contributions was an attempt to prove by logical means the existence of God, which came to be known as Pascal’s Wager. Stated simply, Pascal reasoned that…

The modern medicine cabinet is filled with all sorts of things, from pain relievers and birth control pills to antibiotics and bandages. And if your medicine cabinet is like mine, it’s also packed with tons of useless stuff—like mystery creams, expired prescriptions, and a disturbing number of ambiguous pills. No…