Antibiotics

Relief coursed through me last week when I learned my 2-year-old daughter’s daycare provider got her first dose of the Pfizer vaccine. It left her feeling more groggy than she expected, but that was a good thing, suggesting the vaccine was kicking her immune system into gear. While I was…

Jan. 20 (UPI) -- The use of fixed-dose combination antibiotics needs to be reconsidered, given questions about their efficacy and safety, as well as their possible role in increasing antibiotic resistance, according to the authors of a study published Wednesday by PLOS One. Fixed-dose drug combinations are defined as "a…

,January 18, 2021 Chicken Breast, Roast Peach & Cannellini Bean Salad The Bare Bird chicken products are 100 per cent antibiotic-free, accredited free-range and raised on a plant-based diet containing no animal by-products, antibiotics, hormones or steroids. The Bare Bird creator, John Hazeldene, says his family has always been at…

Scientists studying the body's natural defenses against bacterial infection have identified a nutrient -- taurine -- that helps the gut recall prior infections and kill invading bacteria, such as Klebsiella pneumoniae (Kpn). The finding, published in the journal Cell by scientists from five institutes of the National Institutes of Health,…

Scientists have warned us about the emergence of antibiotic-resistant “superbug” bacteria becoming more and more prevalent. New research suggests that in the biotech industry, antibiotic use poses serious risks to the environment, and fluoride could help. Fluoride is a natural defense against bacteria that could be used in place of…

COLUMBIA, Mo. — A memory haunts Christina Fuhrman: the image of her toddler Pearl lying pale and listless in a hospital bed, tethered to an IV to keep her hydrated as she struggled against a superbug infection. “She survived by the grace of God,” Fuhrman said of the illness that…

A group of compounds called IspH inhibitors are very potent against several multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria, including those from the genera Acinetobacter, Pseudomonas, Klebsiella, Enterobacter, Vibrio, Shigella, Salmonella, Yersinia, Mycobacterium and Bacillus, and are elatively non-toxic to mammalian cells, according to new research from the Wistar Institute. An artist’s impression of…

All drugs and treatments have side effects, but vaccines in general have the fewest.Illustration by eamesBot / Shutterstock In the late 1650’s, the French polymath and renowned scientist Blaise Pascal, having undergone a religious experience that transformed him into something of a zealot, suggested the following logical strategy regarding belief…

Bacteria image. Credit: The Wistar Institute Dual-acting immuno-antibiotics block an essential pathway in bacteria and activate the adaptive immune response. Wistar Institute scientists have discovered a new class of compounds that uniquely combine direct antibiotic killing of pan drug-resistant bacterial pathogens with a simultaneous rapid immune response for combatting antimicrobial…

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - For pregnant women delivering by cesarean section, delaying antibiotic administration until after cord clamping is no less effective and could benefit newborns' developing microbiome, a large study suggests. Guidelines from the World Health Organization advise administering antimicrobial prophylaxis in cesarean births before incision to prevent…