Antibiotics

Home News (Image credit: Getty / Micro Discovery)Taking antibiotic drugs may raise the risk of developing colon cancer five to 10 years down the line, according to a new study of more than 40,000 cancer cases in Sweden.  Past studies hinted that antibiotics can cause lasting changes to the gut…

Mukhtar Sani’s brother, Yunusa, had descended the ladder after a plumbing fix, when he looked up and noticed that the job was not perfect. So, he climbed the ladder again. This was when he slipped and fell, the impact causing damage around his neck and back. What happened to him…

By Robert Preidt HealthDay ReporterTHURSDAY, Sept. 2, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Here's another reason to avoid unnecessary use of antibiotics: Long-term use of these medications could increase your risk of colon cancer, researchers say. "While in many cases antibiotic therapy is necessary and saves lives, in the event of less…

A MARATHON runner says he was lucky to end up in hospital when he did, after his tonsillitis infection spread to his heart and caused it to start shutting down. Alan Day was an avid runner, 30 years old, and outwardly seemed fit and healthy when he developed the throat…

A generation of new tests could lessen overuse of antibiotics Credit: Thomas Fuchs Runny nose, cough, fever: patients show up in clinics every day with these classic symptoms of respiratory infection. But is the culprit a bacterium, which can be attacked with antibiotics, or a virus, which is harder to…

World leaders have called for an urgent reduction in the amount of antimicrobial drugs, including antibiotics, used in food systems. The Global Leaders Group on Antimicrobial Resistance said countries must stop the use of medically important antimicrobial drugs to promote growth in healthy animals. The request from the group, which was created…

Urgent recommendations from a European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (EAACI) task force are aimed at reducing antibiotic overuse with allergic disease. Top recommendations include limiting antibiotic therapy in pregnancy and early childhood to help reduce the allergy epidemic in children, and restricting antibiotic therapy in exacerbations and chronic…

Emergency room patients who were flagged by an artificial intelligence algorithm for possibly having sepsis received antibiotics sooner and had better outcomes, according to a peer-reviewed study conducted by physician-researchers at Case Western Reserve University and MetroHealth. Their findings were published August 20, in Critical Care Medicine, the journal of…

The use fluoroquinolones or macrolides reduced immunogenicity risk in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients on anti–tumor necrosis factor (anti-TNF) therapy, according to data from nearly 2,000 individuals. Anti-TNF therapy with monoclonal antibodies is an established treatment for Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, but approximately 40% of patients fail to respond…

Urinary Tract infection (UTI), the most common bacterial infection in any part of the urinary system. Doctors typically treat urinary tract infections with antibiotics. In most cases, UTIs are caused by viruses or fungi such as Escherichia coli or E. coli. The E. Coli bacterium infects cells that line the…