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Compulsory To Mention Reasons For Prescribing Antibiotics, Doctors Told
All doctors have been asked to compulsorily mention exact reason while prescribing antibiotics or antimicrobial drugs, says the latest note from the Centre to fight antimicrobial resistance.
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Antibiotics For Common Childhood Infections No Longer Effective: Lancet Study
Drugs to treat common infections in children and babies are no longer effective in large parts of the world, including India, due to high rates of antibiotic resistance, a study has found.
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Indians Use Antibiotics Excessively, Azithromycin On Top: Lancet Study
The Lancet study said that an overlap in regulatory powers between national and state-level agencies complicate antibiotics availability.
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Antibiotics: Here Are The Do's Or Don't's Of Consuming Antibiotics
How you consume antibiotics influences their effectiveness. Here's everything you need to know.
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Antibiotics Misuse Helping Bacteria Develop Resistance: Health Agency
Overuse of antibiotics and other antimicrobial drugs during the coronavirus pandemic is helping bacteria develop resistance that will render these important medicines ineffective over time, Pan American Health Organization warned.
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Your Toothpaste Could Contribute To Antibiotic Resistance: 6 Ways To Lower Your Risk Of Antibiotic Resistance
A new study has found that toothpaste and handwash may contain a compound, triclosan, that contributes to antibiotic resistance. Research shows that triclosan could accelerate the rate of antibiotic drug resistance in the body.
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Platypus Milk May Help Combat Superbugs
The platypus milk may contain a protein with rather unusual and protective anti-bacterial characteristics.
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Misusing Antibiotics May Adversely Affect Cancer Treatment
Long-term antibiotic overuse or misuse may make people drug resistant and vulnerable to infection, impacting cancer treatment efficacy in a negative way, new research suggests.
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Is It Really Necessary To Finish A Course Of Antibiotics?
Experts have advised patients to do not believe in the incorrect advice, which tells them to continue and finish off their course of antibiotics even if they are feeling well. The disease researchers from British, have found that finishing a full course has increase drug resistance in the disease
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Choose Precaution Over Cure: Drugs To Treat UTI Can Be Hazardous
Incomplete diagnosis and too strong drugs used to treat Urinary Tract infections can cause drug resistance in patients.
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Talking to the Doctor May Prevent Antibiotic Overuse in Kids
Practice basic hygiene and sanitation to avoid falling prey to bacterial viral invasion.
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Long-Term Use of Antibiotics Can Put You at the Risk of Cancer
Prolonged antibiotic use by people in their early to mid-life can put them at a heightened risk of abnormal growths in the colon and rectum.
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WHO Lists 12 Deadly Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria and the Urgent Need for New Drugs
WHO published the first-ever list of antibiotic-resistant "priority pathogens" that included 12 families of bacteria that pose the greatest threat to human health.
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AIIMS Study Finds Traces of Antibiotics in Yamuna Water
Flagging a cause for concern, a recent AIIMS study has found elements of antibiotics in water samples collected from Yamuna river, which experts said can impact the aquatic ecosystem and may lead to drug resistance in microbes.
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Must Step Up Fight Against Antibiotic Resistance: German Chancellor Angela Merkel
Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel today urged all countries to help combat the misuse of antibiotics, which is fuelling drug resistance and allowing long-treatable diseases to become killers.
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Compulsory To Mention Reasons For Prescribing Antibiotics, Doctors Told
All doctors have been asked to compulsorily mention exact reason while prescribing antibiotics or antimicrobial drugs, says the latest note from the Centre to fight antimicrobial resistance.
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Antibiotics For Common Childhood Infections No Longer Effective: Lancet Study
Drugs to treat common infections in children and babies are no longer effective in large parts of the world, including India, due to high rates of antibiotic resistance, a study has found.
-
Indians Use Antibiotics Excessively, Azithromycin On Top: Lancet Study
The Lancet study said that an overlap in regulatory powers between national and state-level agencies complicate antibiotics availability.
-
Antibiotics: Here Are The Do's Or Don't's Of Consuming Antibiotics
How you consume antibiotics influences their effectiveness. Here's everything you need to know.
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Antibiotics Misuse Helping Bacteria Develop Resistance: Health Agency
Overuse of antibiotics and other antimicrobial drugs during the coronavirus pandemic is helping bacteria develop resistance that will render these important medicines ineffective over time, Pan American Health Organization warned.
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Your Toothpaste Could Contribute To Antibiotic Resistance: 6 Ways To Lower Your Risk Of Antibiotic Resistance
A new study has found that toothpaste and handwash may contain a compound, triclosan, that contributes to antibiotic resistance. Research shows that triclosan could accelerate the rate of antibiotic drug resistance in the body.
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Platypus Milk May Help Combat Superbugs
The platypus milk may contain a protein with rather unusual and protective anti-bacterial characteristics.
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Misusing Antibiotics May Adversely Affect Cancer Treatment
Long-term antibiotic overuse or misuse may make people drug resistant and vulnerable to infection, impacting cancer treatment efficacy in a negative way, new research suggests.
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Is It Really Necessary To Finish A Course Of Antibiotics?
Experts have advised patients to do not believe in the incorrect advice, which tells them to continue and finish off their course of antibiotics even if they are feeling well. The disease researchers from British, have found that finishing a full course has increase drug resistance in the disease
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Choose Precaution Over Cure: Drugs To Treat UTI Can Be Hazardous
Incomplete diagnosis and too strong drugs used to treat Urinary Tract infections can cause drug resistance in patients.
-
Talking to the Doctor May Prevent Antibiotic Overuse in Kids
Practice basic hygiene and sanitation to avoid falling prey to bacterial viral invasion.
-
Long-Term Use of Antibiotics Can Put You at the Risk of Cancer
Prolonged antibiotic use by people in their early to mid-life can put them at a heightened risk of abnormal growths in the colon and rectum.
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WHO Lists 12 Deadly Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria and the Urgent Need for New Drugs
WHO published the first-ever list of antibiotic-resistant "priority pathogens" that included 12 families of bacteria that pose the greatest threat to human health.
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AIIMS Study Finds Traces of Antibiotics in Yamuna Water
Flagging a cause for concern, a recent AIIMS study has found elements of antibiotics in water samples collected from Yamuna river, which experts said can impact the aquatic ecosystem and may lead to drug resistance in microbes.
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Must Step Up Fight Against Antibiotic Resistance: German Chancellor Angela Merkel
Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel today urged all countries to help combat the misuse of antibiotics, which is fuelling drug resistance and allowing long-treatable diseases to become killers.
