Both doctors and patients in India need to be aware of what happens when they prescribe/demand antibiotics unnecessarily.
You think antibiotics should be given to kids to treat anything from fever, cold and cough, rashes etc? Then read this...
Developing chemicals to slow down an enzyme that provides multi-resistance to antibiotics may be the key to reverse antibiotic resistance.
The sale of antibiotics requiring the tightest control and regulation is rising the fastest, warn the researchers.
Bacteria are spreading into environment through the litter from these farms and they can easily infect the humans.
Did you know incorrectly prescribed antibiotics contribute to antibiotic resistance?
A research team has come up with a way to rapidly determine whether infection-causing bacteria are resistant or susceptible to antibiotics.
This study has serious implications, not only for India but globally.
Dr. Atul Joshi, Physician, Internal Medicine, Critical Care, Sahyadri Hospitals tells us about the latest in treatment of high blood pressure.
The first-ever list of antibiotic-resistant "priority pathogens", 12 families of bacteria that pose the greatest threat to human health.
Repeated antibiotic treatment not only can increase bacteria's resistance to drugs but also help them reproduce faster than before.
Antibiotic resistance is one of the biggest threats to global health, according to the World Health Organization.
Scientists are in the process of developing a new class of antibiotics.
Researchers have found that combinations of three different antibiotics can help overcome bacteria's resistance to antibiotics.
Researchers have created a new, simplified, platform for antibiotic discovery that may go a long way in solving the crisis of antibiotic resistance.
In a major step towards bringing to the clinic a 'game-changing' new antibiotic that was discovered last year, a team of University of Lincoln researchers, including one of Indian-origin, has successfully produced two synthetic derivatives of Teixobactin.
Countries in the Asia Pacific region today pledged to collaborate to combat the increasing threat of antimicrobial resistance which transcends borders and endangers global health by making life-saving antibiotics ineffective.
Antibiotic resistance is a problem world wide, but is particularly worrying in India, where hospital standards are inconsistent and antibiotics are readily available over the counter at pharmacies. Now, a recent study suggests a range of interventions that could help.
World Health Organization today sought urgent and concrete measures to arrest the reducing effectiveness of antibiotics, cautioning that if enough was not done now, common bacterial infections such as skin sores or diarrhea would become untreatable and fatal.
Drug resistant superbugs are a major threat! Breast milk could give a breakthrough in research for dealing with these superbugs.
Scientists have developed quantum dots that killed 92% drug-resistant bacterial cells grown in the lab.
There is more to the problem of antibiotic resistance than the misuse of common medications, says a University of Georgia researcher. J. Vaun McArthur.
Researchers have developed antibiotics that can treat your infant's whooping cough. Read to know more.
They can do your body more harm than good if taken during a cold.
This study has serious implications, not only for India but globally.
Dr. Atul Joshi, Physician, Internal Medicine, Critical Care, Sahyadri Hospitals tells us about the latest in treatment of high blood pressure.
The first-ever list of antibiotic-resistant "priority pathogens", 12 families of bacteria that pose the greatest threat to human health.
Repeated antibiotic treatment not only can increase bacteria's resistance to drugs but also help them reproduce faster than before.
Antibiotic resistance is one of the biggest threats to global health, according to the World Health Organization.
Scientists are in the process of developing a new class of antibiotics.
Researchers have found that combinations of three different antibiotics can help overcome bacteria's resistance to antibiotics.
Researchers have created a new, simplified, platform for antibiotic discovery that may go a long way in solving the crisis of antibiotic resistance.
In a major step towards bringing to the clinic a 'game-changing' new antibiotic that was discovered last year, a team of University of Lincoln researchers, including one of Indian-origin, has successfully produced two synthetic derivatives of Teixobactin.
Countries in the Asia Pacific region today pledged to collaborate to combat the increasing threat of antimicrobial resistance which transcends borders and endangers global health by making life-saving antibiotics ineffective.
Antibiotic resistance is a problem world wide, but is particularly worrying in India, where hospital standards are inconsistent and antibiotics are readily available over the counter at pharmacies. Now, a recent study suggests a range of interventions that could help.
World Health Organization today sought urgent and concrete measures to arrest the reducing effectiveness of antibiotics, cautioning that if enough was not done now, common bacterial infections such as skin sores or diarrhea would become untreatable and fatal.
Drug resistant superbugs are a major threat! Breast milk could give a breakthrough in research for dealing with these superbugs.
Scientists have developed quantum dots that killed 92% drug-resistant bacterial cells grown in the lab.
There is more to the problem of antibiotic resistance than the misuse of common medications, says a University of Georgia researcher. J. Vaun McArthur.
Researchers have developed antibiotics that can treat your infant's whooping cough. Read to know more.
They can do your body more harm than good if taken during a cold.
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